The Brian Jonestown Massacre announce European tour dates

If you feel your life’s been a little short of spaced-out psychedelic rock’n'roll weirdness, you’ll probably be overjoyed to hear that Anton Newcombe and The Brian Jonestown Massacre have announced dates for a crawl around Europe this summer. Either that, or you’ll be unconscious on a stranger’s sofa.

Better still, some of the dates are here in the UK – so if you’re a Brit with a serious hankering for a slice of The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s effects-drenched San Franciscan wig-out music, these are the spaces to block out in your diary:

• 27 June – Glastonbury Festival
• 29 June – Oxford – Academy
• 30 June – Stoke – Sugarmill
• 01 July – Manchester – Academy 2
• 02 July – Northampton – Roadmender
• 09 July – Birmingham – Academy 2
• 10 July – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms
• 11 July – Leeds – Cockpit
• 12 July – Kinross – T in the Park [TBC]
• 13 July – Dublin – Oxegen [TBC]
• 15 July – Barrow-in-Furness – The Canteen
• 16 July – London – Forum

More dates overseas can be found over on the Cargo Records blog.

If you’re thinking “who the hell are The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and why should I give a crap”, well, watch and listen to this:

There. Now you understand. For a further education, take a trip (arf!) to The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s website or check ‘em out on MySpace, man.