The Cult announce tour w/ Against Me! & the Icarus Line, played SXSW, releasing new LP (dates & song stream)

The Cult @ Waterloo Records, SXSW 2012 (photo by onetonaden)

The Cult, who made their return with a few shows at SXSW in March (complete with guest bongo player Matthew McConaughy), and who have a new album called Choice of Weapon being released on on May 22, have announced a tour with youngsters Against Me! and The Icarus Line as support. That tour will visit Terminal 5 on June 8th. Tickets for the NYC show are going on AmEx presale now, with general sale beginning Thursday at noon.

All dates are listed, along with a stream of the new LP’s first single, below…

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“FOR THE ANIMALS”

The Cult — 2012 Tour Dates
May 04 Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Bowl Birmingham, AL
May 05 Beale Street Music Festival Memphis, TN
May 25 Humphreys By The Bay San Diego, CA
May 26 M Resort Las Vegas, NV
May 27 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
May 30 Ogden Theater Denver, CO
Jun 01 Congress Theater Chicago, IL
Jun 02 Great Canadian Beaverfest, Riverfront Festival Plaza Windsor, Canada
Jun 03 Stage AE – Indoor Stage Pittsburgh, PA
Jun 05 House of Blues Boston, MA
Jun 07 Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf Buffalo, NY
Jun 08 Terminal 5 New York, NY
Jun 09 Ballroom Hampton Beach, NH
Jun 10 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Jun 12 The Fillmore Washington, DC
Jun 13 The Norva Norfolk, VA
Jun 15 House of Blues Myrtle Beach, SC
Jun 16 House of Blues Orlando, FL
Jun 17 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
Jun 19 House of Blues Houston, TX
Jun 20 House of Blues Dallas, TX
Jun 22 Marquee Theater Tempe, AZ
Jun 28 Usce Park w/ Ozzy & Friends, Belgrade, Serbia
Jun 29 Schwarzl Freizeit Zetrum w/ Guns N’ Roses, S…, Graz, Austria
Jul 01 Rock The City Festival, w/ Guns N’ Roses, F…, Bucharest, Romania
Jul 03 SPALADIUM ARENA Split, Croatia
Jul 04 Kino Siska Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jul 07 Rock Zottegem Festival Sottegem, Belgium
Jul 08 Bospop Festival Weert, Netherlands
Jul 10 Tivoli Utrecht, Netherlands
Jul 13 Contarini Festival Piazzola Sul Brenta, Italy
Jul 14 Velvet Rock Rimini, Italy
Jul 15 Carroponte Milano, Italy
Jul 17 Razzmatazz Barcelona, Spain
Jul 18 La Riviera Madrid, Spain
Jul 19 Marés Vivas Festival w/ Garbage, Porto, Portugal
Sep 11 Metro Radio Arena Elswick, United Kingdom
Sep 12 Motorpoint Arena Sheffield Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sep 14 Manchester Arena Manchester, United Kingdom
Sep 15 LG Arena Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sep 16 Wembley Arena London, United Kingdom