Jamie Lidell is back. The U.K.-based musician and crooner extraordinaire will embark on a North American tour at the end of May to support his forthcoming album, Jim. Lidell will be joined onstage by a full band that includes saxophone and keyboards, in addition to guitars, bass, and drums. As the story goes, while wearing a trench coat, he set a speaker on fire at the 2006 Bumbershoot festival in Seattle (on accident, but whatever). Let’s hope for similar antics this time around.

Jim is out April 29 on Warp.

Dates
05/25 Vancouver, BC: Richards on Richards
05/26 Seattle, WA: Sasquatch! Festival
05/27 Portland, OR: Berbatis Pan
05/28 San Francisco, CA: Bimbos
05/29 Los Angeles, CA: El Rey Theater
05/30 Los Angeles, CA: El Rey Theater
05/31 Tucson, AZ: Rialto Theater
06/02 Denver, CO: Bluebird Theater
06/04 Chicaco, IL: Abbey Pub
06/05 Toronto, ON: Opera House
06/06 Ottawa, ON: Babylon Club
06/07 Boston, MA: Paradise
06/08 New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom
06/09 New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom
06/11 Philadelphia, PA: World Café
06/12 Washington, DC: 9:30 Club