THE LEMONHEADS To Headline WBOS EarthFest, Announce US Headlining Tour

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New Album VARSHONS Due Out June 23 on THE END RECORDS

Gibby Haynes Produced Collection Features Covers of Songs by Gram Parsons, Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, G.G. Allin, Wire, July, and More

THE LEMONHEADS today announce a headlining tour of the US in support of VARSHONS, their upcoming covers album out on The End Records on June 23.

THE LEMONHEADS are also set to headline Boston’s 16th Annual Radio 92.9 EarthFest on Saturday, May 30. The tour begins the following week on June 8 in San Diego and includes a two-night stand at Chicago’s Abbey Pub before wrapping up June 27 in Washington, DC.

VARSHONS was both inspired by and produced by Gibby Haynes, ringmaster of the Butthole Surfers, who for years made mix tapes for his longtime friend Evan. The collection is filled with strange bedfellows - from G.G. Allin to Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt and garage rockers The Green Fuz. THE LEMONHEADS make each track their own, with help from actress Liv Tyler, singing back up on Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye,” and Kate Moss, who sings over the dance groove of Arling & Cameron’s “Dirty Robot.” Also featured on lead guitar and backing vocals throughout most of the album is John Perry, on loan from The Only Ones.

VARSHONS unearths a pair of psychedelic treasures with “Yesterlove” – a song recorded in 1969 by the group Sam Gopal featuring future Motorhead bassist Lemmy Kilmister – and “Dandelion Seeds” from July, record collector’s Registered Landmark Band. For “Layin’ Up With Linda,” the band filters Allin’s cold-blooded tale through the swaggering country-honk of The Stones’ “Dead Flowers.”

Filled with obscure nuggets, the tracks on VARSHONS cut a wide swath, jumping from early British psychedelic to Dutch electronica and like all good mix tapes, you never know what is coming next.

THE LEMONHEADS on tour:

May 30 – Boston, MA @ DCR Hatch Band Shell ‘Earthfest’ WBOS free daytime
Jun 8 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
Jun 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
Jun 10 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
Jun 12 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Jun 13 – Portland, OR @ Mission Theatre
Jun 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Liquid Joe’s
Jun 16 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Jun 18 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock (late show – 10pm)
Jun 19 – Chicago, IL @ Abbey Pub
Jun 20 – Chicago, IL @ Abbey Pub
Jun 21 – Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag
Jun 22 – Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
Jun 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Jun 25 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Jun 26 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
Jun 27 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat

THE LEMONHEADS on the web:

http://www.myspace.com/thelemonheads
http://www.thelemonheads.net
http://www.evandando.co.uk

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