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June 10, 2009      Cincinnati, OH      20th Century Theatre
June 11, 2009     Detroit, MI     Small’s
June 12, 2009     Chicago, IL     The Bottom Lounge
June 13, 2009     Minneapolis, MN     Triple Rock     more less
June 15, 2009     Denver, CO     Bluebird Theater
June 16, 2009     Salt Lake City, UT     Club Sound
June 18, 2009     Portland, OR     Hawthorne Theater
June 19, 2009     Vancouver, BC     Commodore Ballroom
June 20, 2009     Seattle, WA     Neumo’s
June 22, 2009     San Jose, CA     The Blank Club
June 23, 2009     San Francisco, CA     Great American Music Hall
June 24, 2009     Los Angeles, CA     Henry Fonda Theatre
July 3, 2009     Roskilde, Denmark     Roskilde Festival
July 5, 2009     Cergy, France     Furia Sound Festival
July 6, 2009     Eindhoven, Netherlands     Effenaar
July 8, 2009     Bochum, Germany     BHF Langendreer
July 9, 2009     Stuttgart, Germany     Wagenhallen
July 10, 2009     Dresden, Germany     Beatpol
July 11, 2009     Munich, Germany     Feierwerk
July 12, 2009     Bern, Switzerland     Dachstock
July 13, 2009     Torino, Italy     Spaziale Festival
July 15, 2009     Trier, Germany     Exaus Open Air
July 16, 2009     Dour, Germany     Dour Festival
July 18, 2009     Joensuu, Finland     Ilosaarirock

May 22, 2009 - Milwaukee WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
May 23, 2009 - Chillicothe IL @ Summer Camp 2009 festival
May 24, 2009 - Thornville OH @ Hookahville XXXI festival
May 26, 2009 - Northampton MA @ Pearl Street
May 27, 2009 - Portland ME @ Space 538
May 28, 2009 - Boston MA @ The Middle East
May 30, 2009 - Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 31, 2009 - Philadelphia PA @ First Unitarian Church
2 June, 2009 - Quebec City QC @ Le Cercle
3 June, 2009 - Montreal QC @ La Sala Rossa
4 June, 2009 - Toronto ON @ The Mod Club
June 6, 2009 - Ozark AR @ Wakarusa Music Festival (LATE NIGHT)
June 9, 2009 - Los Angeles CA @ El Rey Theatre
June 10, 2009 - San Francisco CA @ Great American Music Hall

As it appears in the latest Drum (10th Feb issue):

“Fantomas nearly upstaged the main act with their renditions of ’70′s and ’80′s classic and cult movie theme songs, whilst dressed in white cricket uniforms, zinc smeared on cheeks. With a tight energy that took years of touring to hone, the band were amazingly precise on every note, especially drummer Dale Crover, whilst still giving frontman Mike Patton a chance to add his falsetto flairs and convulsing body movements to songs Der Golem and Cape Fear. They continued to play through through The Director’s Cut in random order, leaving the audience satisfied to the point where the main act could have been forgotten entirely.”

The rest is about Serj Tankian and his “band”. I’m not going to bother transcribing that as their show was less than average.

drummedia.com.au

cape fear:

mike playin cricket:

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So Ipecac’s official word on the Fantomas Australian tour early next year so far is as follows:

“Fantômas set to bring “The Director’s Cut” to Australia!
G’day Fantômas Fans,

You read right, the mighty Fantômas are bringing “The Director’s Cut” down under in January 2009.
They’re opening for their good friend Serj Tankian! Here are the dates:

Jan 21, 2009: Brisbane, QLD
Jan 24, 2009: Sydney, NSW
Jan 25, 2009: Melbourne, VIC

*We’ll post the venues when we get them, but we wanted to let you all know about these shows.”

UPDATE: word is venues are as follows:

21 Jan The Tivoli QLD
24 Jan Enmore Theatre NSW
25 Jan The Palace Theatre VIC

photo credit: gregoryperez

So (unfortunately) it looks like Fantomas will be joining the 2009 Australian Big Day Out tour which is already sold out and has a myriad of shithouse bands.

Fortunately they will also be supporting Serj Tankian’s solo Australian tour!

Officially Trevor has both the BDO and Serj dates listed on his myspace page but ipecac have only announced the Serj Support dates so far.

The Dates:

Fantomas: Big Day Out Festival

16 Jan 2009, 8:00PM, Aukland, NZ
18 Jan 2009, 8:00PM, Gold Coast, Aus
23 Jan 2009, 8:00PM, Sydney, Aus
26 Jan 2009, 8:00PM, Melbourne, Aus
30 Jan 2009, 8:00PM, Adelaide, Aus (Msg From Trev: it’s my birthday. It’s Adelaide. Somebody please get me baked.)
01 Feb 2009, 8:00PM, Perth, Aus

Fantomas opening for Serj Tankian

21 Jan 2009, 8:00PM – TBA, Brisbane, Aus
24 Jan 2009, 8:00PM – TBA, Sydney, Aus
25 Jan 2009, 8:00PM – TBA, Melbourne, Aus