Grimes Announces Mythical Gymnastics Tour

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With a handful of upcoming US festival appearances and a string of Canadian Dates with Skrillex and Diplo, Grimes is now announcing the Mythical Gymnastics tour. An extensive North American Fall headlining tour, Grimes will be joined on the road by Myths and Elite Gymnastics. Click here to see the Mythical Gymnastics tour art, designed by artist Leif Podhajsky. Photo by John Londono (Rodeo)

In other news, MTV released a video this morning as part of their PUSH: Live Sessions series, featuring Grimes performing her standout single, “Genesis”. This comes after her recent nomination for Most Innovative Solo Performer at this year’s MTV O Music Awards – you can vote for her here. As part of these awards, Claire will be joining The Flaming Lips on June 28th in New Orleans when they aim to break Jay-Z’s current world record for the most live concerts in a 24 hour period.

Upcoming Festival Appearances:

06/16 – Make Music Pasadena – Pasadena, CA
06/16 – Make Music Pasadena – Pasadena, CA
07/11 – Ottawa Blues Fest – Ottawa, ON
07/12 – Festival D’Ete – Quebec City, QC
07/14 – Pitchfork Music Fest- Chicago, IL
07/21 – Capitol Hill Block Party – Seattle, WA
08/09 – Hudson River Park’s River Rocks Series on Pier 84 – NY, NY*

*with Wild Nothing

Full Flex Express Tour Dates:/

07/13 – Fort York – Toronto, ON*
07/15 – Parc Jean Drapeau – Montreal, QC*
07/18 – Shaw Park – Winnipeg, MB*
07/20 – Kinsmen Park – Edmonton, AB*
07/22 – PNE Coliseum – Vancouver, BC*

*with Skrillex and Diplo

Mythical Gymnastics Tour:

09/25 – Basilica Hudson – Hudson, NY !^
09/26 – Paradise – Boston, MA !^
09/27 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA !^
09/28 – The Coward Shoe – Baltimore, MD !^
09/29 – U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC !^ 
10/01 – The Basement – Atlanta, GA !^
10/02 – Bottletree – Birmingham, AL !^
10/03 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN !^ 
10/05 – Trees – Dallas, TX !^
10/06 – Beauty Ballroom – Austin, TX !^
10/08 – The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ !^ 
10/09 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA ^
10/11 – Porters Pub – San Diego, CA !^
10/15 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR !^ 
10/19 – Saits The Gateway – Calgary, AB !^
10/20 – Louis Pub – Saskatoon, SK !^
10/22 – Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN !^ 
10/26 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY !^
10/28 – MHOW – Brooklyn, NY !^

! with Myths
^with Elite Gymnastics