It’s now just one month until The Wedding Present’s North American tour kicks off with the historic first ever live performance of ‘Bizarro’ in San Diego on April 1st., 2010.

We thought that this would be a good opportunity to post a news bulletin with updates on some of these shows, but further details of all the concerts can be found by clicking here.

NORTH AMERICA / APRIL

Tickets are selling fast for the North American leg and Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey has already sold out. In other news: ‘Girl In A Coma’ are unfortunately now unable to support The Wedding Present in San Francisco but Mister Loveless and Surf Cinema have both kindly stepped in!

JAPAN / MAY

Surprise special guests have been added to the bill for The Wedding Present’s concert at O’West in Tokyo on May 7th. Meanwhile, Wedding Present bass player Terry de Castro will be performing a solo concert at the Shibuya ‘7th Floor’ in Tokyo on May 8th. at which David Gedge will also be DJ-ing.

GERMANY / AUGUST

The Wedding Present’s appearance at the Boot Boo Hook Festival near Hanover has now been definitely confirmed for August 20th.

THE UK / AUGUST

The Wedding Present have announced that they will be playing at Tunbridge Wells Forum on August 18th. Meanwhile, Cinerama will support The Wedding Present in Holmfirth on the 26th.

‘Short Fuse’ have been added to ‘At The Edge Of The Sea’ – the one day Brighton mini-festival curated by David Gedge on August 28th. Short Fuse is a live literary cabaret group which puts on themed nights of new short fiction. Since it began in Brighton in 2007, it has attracted a cult following and a reputation for bringing some of the most shocking, surprising, boundary shaking and moving short fiction to local audiences. For ‘At The Edge Of The Sea,’ Short Fuse are gathering some of their best writers to perform stories based on David Gedge song titles.

OTHER APPEARANCES [click on the red words to go to the external site]

As is usual on a North American tour, The Wedding Present have been inundated with invitations to perform at radio stations and in record stores. At this time, the following events have been confirmed :

April 7th – while in Georgia, the band will be playing in the Criminal Records record store at 1154, Euclid Avenue NE, Atlanta, at 5PM.

April 11th – while in New York, David [and possibly other band members] will be guests on ‘Atlantic Tunnel’ which is broadcast on East Village Radio between noon and 2PM [Eastern Time]. East Village Radio broadcasts live from a store-front DJ booth in NYC’s East Village. Acoustic performances have been mentioned…

April 16th – while in Illinois, the band will have their yet-to-be-worked-out version of The Rolling Stones’ ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’ filmed by AVClub.com, the arts-and-entertainment branch of The Onion. AVClub say: “We won’t know for sure when it will air until closer, but sometime in early May is most likely”.

April 21st – while in Washington [the state, not the city], the band will be recording a session for KEXP [a public radio station based in Seattle (where David Gedge lived for 18 months)]. This session will be transmitted live, live, live at 4PM [Pacific Time].