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ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK to tour Europe this Summer

Francisca Hagen by Francisca Hagen
22 June 2018
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The three-piece garage rock band, ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK (EES), will be back in Europe this Summer. The lengthy tour will start at the end of June in the United Kingdom and will end up in the middle of August in The Netherlands.

The band announced there will be more tour dates coming up, but the following dates have been announced:

Friday 29 June: The Underworld – London, United Kingdom
Saturday 30 June: Asylum 2 – Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sunday 1 July: Audio – Glasgow, United Kingdom
Monday 2 Juli: Fulford Arms – York, United Kingdom
Tuesday 3 July: The Jacaranda – Liverpool, United Kingdom
Wednesday 4 July: The Iron Road – Evesham, United Kingdom
Thursday 5 July: Joiner’s – Southhampton, United Kingdom
Friday 6 July: The Cobblestones – Somerset, United Kingdom
Saturday 7 July: Amplified Festival – Eastington, United Kingdom
Sunday 8 July: Amplified Festival – Eastington, United Kingdom
Monday 9 July: Bannermans – Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Friday 13 July: dB’s – Utrecht, The Netherlands
Saturday 14 July: Kliko Fest – Haarlem, The Netherlands
Sunday 15 July: Zwarte Cross Festival – Lichtenvoorde, The Netherlands
Wednesday 18 July: Sonic Ballroom – Cologne, Germany
Thursday 19 July: Knust – Hamburg, Germany
Friday 20 July: TBA
Saturday 21 July: Stoned Bart – Leipzig, Germany
Saturday 4 August: Roadkill Festival – Waarschot, Belgium
Friday 10 August: Nirwavan Tuinfeest – Lierop, The Netherlands
Saturday 11 August: Little Devil – Tilburg, The Netherlands
Friday 17 August: Vordingborg – Gutter Island Garage Rock Festival – Denmark
Saturday 18 August: Jo Fest – Koudekerk, The Netherlands (Invite only)

In the meantime, ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK announced to release a limited CD consisting of 4 new songs that will be only sold during the European tour. One of the songs is a homage to the 80’s hair metal.

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK formed in Tokyo in 1994 and consists of guitarist and vocalist Aki Morimoto, bassist Kazuto Maekawa and drummer Tomoharu Ito. The band comes to Europe quite often, the last time was in 2016. The band is known for their support from fans, by crowdfunding (through Sellaband) the band could release the album Sugoi Indeed. The band was one of the first bands to embrace crowdfunding, the band is actually called crowdfunding pioneers.

Source: Electric Eel Shock

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