Camera Obscura North America/Mexico tour

Everyones favourite vintage dress wearing sigh pop 6 piece, Camera Obscura, have announced a tour of North America with a couple of bonus dates in Mexico. They are currently slogging it across New Zealand and Australia, before heading to Japan, Portugal and Indonesia, bless them. They must be knackered. The US tour kicks off on April 3rd, with the dates being as follows-

Iowa City, IA Blue Moose Tap House (April 3)
Madison, WI High Noon Saloon (4)
Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall (5)
Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck (7)
Norman, OK Meacham Auditorium (8)
Austin, TX Emo's (9)
Denton, TX Hailey's (10)
Houston, TX Warehouse Live Studio (11)
Mexico City Lunario (13)
Guadalajara Lydo's Show Center (14)
Las Vegas, NV Club Aruba at the Aruba Hotel (16)
Visalia, CA Cellar Door (20)
San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall (21)
Eugene, OR WOW Hall (23)
Bellingham, WA Nightlight Lounge (24)
Portland, OR Berbati's Pan (25)

camera obscura in 'having fun' shocker

Scottish pop faves and muse of Paul Morley, Camera Obscura, have released a wobbly, happy little tour film of their epic 'my maudlin career' tour. it would appear they are not as grumpy as some would make out...

Camera Obscura

I'm saddened to hear about the current trend of people knocking Camera Obscura, calling them bored and lifeless. for gods sake give them a break. not only have they just signed a very important record deal, they've also just toured their arses off in as many countries as you can shake a swan at, and on top of that, they've received some pretty grim personal news. they've also just announced ANOTHER 60-odd dates in half a dozen countries. come on, look how many people moan on their myspace about how they never tour 'their' country. they are doing their best to rectify that. this is Camera Obscura we're talking about here. if you've heard them, you already love them. they are one of the loveliest,most unique bands on the circuit. they've remained true to their music and image all the way thought their career. They are very precious, and we should be supporting them now more than ever.