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    Whigs Announce Date For First 2012 Show

    Tuesday, May 8, 2012

      May 23rd at Bowery Ballroom in NYC The fan pre-sale begins Wednesday, May 9 at 10AM EST. PRE-SALE LINK | Password: whigsnyc Also, the band announced it will be performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on May 22nd. This will be the band’s first televised performance in over ten years. Update: The pre-sale sold out in minutes. There will be a VERY limited number of tickets on sale this Friday at noon EST. Update 2: All tickets are officially listed as SOLD OUT.

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Lanegan 4AD Session

Mark Lanegan performs with his band for this 4AD Session video

Mighty Fine UK Tour

Steve Myers brings Mighty Fine across the Atlantic for their first-ever UK tour. May 24 – London, Brixton Windmill May 25 – Manchester, Ruby Lounge May 26 – Bristol, Start the Bus

The Afghan Whigs to Play Lollapalooza 2012

The 2012 lineup of Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival will include a performance by The Afghan Whigs. The festival is August 3-5 in Grant Park. The performance times will be released in June. Cincinnati Citybeat’s Reaction

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McKagan Cites Gutter Twins as “One of the Best”

In his column for ESPN.com, former Guns N’ Roses bassist and current Loaded leader Duff McKagan cites The Gutter Twins as “maybe one of the best live bands to tour … ever”. Read McKagan’s review of Mark Lanegan’s “Blues Funeral”

Greg Dulli Talks Whigs Reunion with Rolling Stone

Read the full interview at Rolling Stone On playing Afghan Whigs songs again for the first time in a decade: “Playing something I had frankly forgotten about was completely like rediscovering the songs,” he tells Rolling Stone. “It was like cleaning out your drawer or a closet – ‘Oh, look at this, I remember this. I used to love to wear this.’ It was sort of like that. There were certain songs I was overjoyed to meet again.” Dulli also mentioned a planned electronic album…

Afghan Whigs Add Two More Festivals to 2012 Tour

The Afghan Whigs have been confirmed for the Oya Festival in Oslo (Aug 9) and Way Out West Festival in Göteborg.

Full Greg Dulli Interview at The Quietus

More from Greg Dulli at The Quietus. He discusses the upcoming reunion shows as well as shedding some light on previous adventures. My motivation is to sing these songs with my old friends. I went to see Buffalo Springfield last spring, and the joy on their faces… I toured with Neil Young, a long time ago, with the Whigs, and I watched a guy who’s playing with his old friends and just having the best time. They really enjoyed being onstage together. There’ve been little…

Afghan Whigs Add Six New Reunion Shows

The Afghan Whigs have added the following shows to their 2012 calendar: 05/26/12 Landgraaf Pinkpop Festival [tickets] 06/11/12 Luxembourg Den Atelier [tickets] 06/12/12 Amsterdam Paradiso [tickets] 06/13/12 Brussels Cirque Royale [tickets] 06/15/12 Tel Aviv Barby [tickets] 08/11/12 Rees-Haldern Haldern Pop Festival SOLD OUT

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