Icona Pop’s New Single, U.S. Tour Dates
Today the Swedish dance-pop duo Icona Pop, whose irresistible Top 10 hit “I Don’t Care (I Love It)” has now reached ubiquity, released new song “Girlfriend.” It’s a teaser of what’s to come on the duo’s debut album, due later this summer, and follows up last fall’s EP Iconic. The Icona Popsters, Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt, also announced today details of their first headlining tour of the U.S. and Canada, which kicks off at Chicago’s Lollapalooza Festival the first Friday in August.
But before that, of course, the ladies will tear up the stage as headliners at Capital Pride next Sunday, June 10. Stay tuned to next week’s Metro Weekly for my exclusive interview with Jawo and Hjelt. As explored in the feature, the two gay-friendly singers are essentially platonic soulmates, as close to each other as two straight women can be.
That relationship is captured in the cheery anthem “Girlfriend,” which lyrically samples from Jay-Z (“Bonnie and Clyde” featuring Beyonce), who in turn sampled from Tupac Shukar (“Me and My Girlfriend.”) While Jay-Z’s single was an ode to his beaux and Tupac’s was an ode to his gun, Icona Pop’s toasts each other. “All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend,” they coo in unison. “Where would you be, be without me? We’ll never find out! What would I do, do without you? We’ll never know now!”
If that doesn’t put you in the mood for Pride… Happy Friday, y’all!
Icona Pop’s Summer 2013 Tour Dates
06/02 – Ozark, AZ – Wakarusa Festival
06/08 – New York, NY – Governor’s Ball Music Festival
06/10 — Washington, DC – Capital Pride Festival
08/02 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza Festival
08/03 – ON, Canada – Grove Music Festival
08/04 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Festival
08/12 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
08/13 – Nashville, TN – Exit / In
08/14 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
08/16 – Orlando, FL House of Blues
08/17 – Miami, FL Grand Central
08/18 – Tampa, FL The Ritz
08/20 – New Orleans, LA House of Blues
08/21 – Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
08/22 – San Antonio, TX Backstage Live
08/23 – Austin, TX Emo’s East
08/24 – Dallas, TX House of Blues
08/26 – Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom
08/28 – Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
08/29 – Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre
08/30 – San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
09/03 – Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
09/04 – Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
09/06 – Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
09/07 – Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
09/10 – Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
09/11 – Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
09/15 – Cleveland, OH House of Blues
09/19 – Boston, MA Paradise
09/20 – New York, NY Webster Hall
9/22 – Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
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