Originally written by Luke Slater · 19 January 2011
The brilliantly-different Napoleon IIIrd has a trio of excellent news to deliver. Firstly, he's releasing a new single on March 7 from his current long player, Christiania. It's 'The Unknown Unknown' and is very good. Secondly, he's announced a handful of UK tour dates as well as some in Europe, which includes Ireland.
Firstly, here are some Napoleon IIIrd headline dates across the United Kingdom.
March: 07 - Cardiff, Undertone 09 - Edinburgh, The Electric Circus 10 - Sheffield, Harley 11 - Salford, Manchester, Islington Mill 12 - Leeds, Nation of Shopkeepers 14 - Winchester, The Railway 15 - London, The Nest
Next the European dates, following the above British ones.
March: 29 - Oslo, Norway, Mono 30 - Trondheim, Norway, Credo
April: 07 - Vienna, Austria, Club Weird Kong 08 - Dublin, Ireland, The Workman's Club 09 - Belfast, Ireland, Auntie Annies
But that is not it, he will also be supporting I Like Trains on their February tour across the UK, so plenty of opportunities to catch him in and around this fine country. See his MySpace for those dates, there are several of them. Thirdly and finally, below is a video from IIIrd's recent-ish show at the resplendent Hoxton Hall. It is, coincidentally (or not), 'The Unknown Unknown'.
Napoleon IIIrd - The Unknown Unknown (Live @ Hoxton Hall) from Brainlove on Vimeo.