Category: Western NY

On Tues. May 11, rock band Cage the Elephant will now play a 7 p.m. show at the Palace Theatre in Albany. The group was originally scheduled to perform at the Times Union Center. Tickets purchased prior to the venue change will be honored. Floor seat holders are granted general admission access to the orchestra section of the Palace, and all reserved tickets will have general admission seating in the balcony section. Tickets for both price levels ($45 floor; $37.50 balcony) are still available for purchase at the Palace Theatre box office at 19 Clinton Ave. or through Ticketmaster. NYS Music was on hand to cover Cage the Elephant’s stop at Rochester’s Main Street Armory in March for the Spring Fling Tour; read more here.

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The Grammy-nominated rock band Cage the Elephant will head out in May on a string of tour dates that will route the Kentucky alt-rockers to several venues in New York and neighboring states, plus stops in nearby Toronto and Montreal.

The headlining North American tour kicks off May 1 in Little Rock, Arkansas, before CTE stops in Canada and takes the stage at Times Union Center in Albany on May 11, the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, on May 15, and at SummerStage in New York City’s Central Park May 16. Supporting acts for this run are Portugal. The Man, Broncho and Twin Peaks.

Prior to launching the 34-date cross-country trek, which comes to a close June 26 in Phoenix, Arizona, the band is continuing Spring Fling Tour with Silversun Pickups, Foals and Bear Hands with shows billed in Pittsburgh on March 25, at the Main Street Armory in Rochester on March 26, First Niagara Center in Buffalo on March 28, XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, March 30, followed by Portland, Maine, and Providence, Rhode Island.

The high-energy quartet consists of singer Matt Shultz, guitarist Brad Shultz, bassist Daniel Tichenor and drummer Jared Champion. CTE is hitting the road following the release of their fourth studio album, Tell Me I’m Pretty. A follow-up to 2013’s Melophobia with hits “Come a Little Closer” and “Cigarette Daydreams,” the 10-track record produced by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys, The Arcs) debuted in December and features the alternative chart-topping single “Mess Around.” CTE has shared the stage with Foo Fighters, Muse and Queens of the Stone Age, among other big-name artists, and most recently, the group performed on the Late Late Show with James Corden, the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Conan.

Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, March 18 at 10 a.m. Passes for the upcoming New York dates are currently available through the band’s website, the respective venues and ticketing sites like Ticketmaster.

Cage the Elephant tour dates:

3/16 – Don Haskins Center – El Paso, TX ~
3/18 – Cox Business Center Arena – Tulsa, OK ~
3/19 – Landers Center – Southaven, MS ~
3/20 – Freedom Hall Civic Center – Johnson City, TN ~
3/22 – Richmond Coliseum – Richmond, VA ~
3/23 – Constant Convocation Center – Norfolk, VA ~
3/25 – Petersen Events Center, University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA ~
3/26 – Main Street Armory – Rochester, NY ~
3/28 – First Niagara Center – Buffalo, NY
3/30 – XL Center – Hartford, CT ~
3/31 – Cross Insurance Arena – Portland, ME ~
4/1 – Dunkin Donuts Arena – Providence, RI ~
5/1 – Verizon Arena – Little Rock, AR *
5/3 – Chesapeake Energy Arena – Oklahoma City, OK *
5/4 – INTRUST Bank Arena – Wichita, KS *
5/6 – DeltaPlex – Grand Rapids, MI *
5/7 – Masonic Temple Theatre – Detroit, MI *
5/8 – International Centre, Arrow Hall – Toronto, ON *
5/10 – Bell Centre – Montreal, QC *
5/11 – Palace Theatre – Albany, NY *
5/15 – Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD *
5/16 – SummmerStage, Central Park – New York City, NY *
5/19 – Ascend Amphitheater – Nashville, TN *
5/20 – Infinite Energy Arena – Duluth, GA *
5/21 – Hangout Festival – Gulf Shores, AL
6/3 – KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY ^
6/4 – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica – Cleveland, OH ^
6/5 – EXPRESS LIVE! – Columbus, OH ^
6/7 – UIC Pavilion – Chicago, IL %
6/9 – BMO Harris Pavilion – Milwaukee, WI %
6/10 – U.S. Bank Theater at Target Center – Minneapolis, MN ^
6/11 – Coliseum at Alliant Energy Center – Madison, WI ^
6/14 – Calgary Stampede Corral – Calgary, AB ^
6/15 – Shaw Convention Centre – Edmonton, AB ^
6/17 – PNE Forum – Vancouver, BC ^
6/18 – McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater – Portland, OR ^
6/19 – WaMu Theater – Seattle, WA ^
6/21 – Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA %
6/22 – Valley View Casino Center – San Diego, CA %
6/23 – Bill Graham Civic – San Francisco, CA %
6/25 – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV ^
6/26 – Gila River Arena – Phoenix, AZ ^

~ Spring Fling tour dates with Silversun Pickups, Foals and Bear Hands
* with Portugal, The Man + Broncho
^ with Portugal, The Man + Twin Peaks
% with Portugal, The Man