The Orwells on Tour!

Perhaps you caught Elmhurst, Illinois quintet The Orwells’ now notorious performance on David Letterman this past Wednesday night or at least caught wind of it as the video blew up all over social media the following day. While some folks have been dismissing the band as being sloppy and cliche or hailing them as a breath of fresh air for their brash spontaneity, no one can deny that they certainly made an impression. Any band that encourages Paul Shaffer to play his own version of their song while reenacting the lead singers’ writhing antics gets my mark – or at least my curious attention.

The band, consisting of Mario Cuomo (and his luxurious Robert Plant-esque locks) on vocals, Dominic Corso and Matt O’Keefe on guitar, Grant Brinner on bass and his brother Henry Brinner on drums, formed in 2009 while all the members were in high school. In fact, the band graduated early in 2013 so they could concentrate on their music. After breaking into the Chicago music scene, the band scored some high profile gigs like playing Lollapalooza last year and opening a few dates of Arctic Monkeys’ current US tour.

So are these guys worth your valuable listening time? Are they victims of an unjust hype machine? Decide for yourself and catch The Orwells on tour this spring. The band kicks off a 16-date tour starting in March and going through April with a gig at the Triple Rock on April 2nd.

Tickets for our US spring tour are on sale now!

03/04 Allston, MA Great Scott 03/06 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 03/07 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church 03/08 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall 03/10 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade – Hell Stage 03/11 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks 03/16 Dallas, TX Spillover Music Festival 03/19 Phoenix, AZ Rampage Fest

03/20 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory 03/21 San Diego, CA Che Café 03/22 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour 03/23 San Francisco, CA Slim’s 03/25 Seattle, WA Neumos 03/26 Portland, OR Star Theater 04/01 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall 04/02 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock

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