Date | City and Venue | Country |
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June 30, 2022 | Werchter, Festivalpark Werchter | Belgium |
July 1, 2022 | Toulon, Île du Gaou | France |
July 4, 2022 | Cologne, Helios37 | Germany |
July 5, 2022 | Hamburg, Molotow | Germany |
July 6, 2022 | Madrid, IFEMA Feria de Madrid | Spain |
July 7, 2022 | Berlin, Badehaus | Germany |
July 11, 2022 | Fribourg, Les Georges Festival | Switzerland |
July 11, 2022 | Munich, Milla | Germany |
July 12, 2022 | Fribourg, Place George-Python | Switzerland |
July 13, 2022 | Haldern, Haldern Pop Bar | Germany |
July 16, 2022 | Leeds, Brudenell Community Room | UK |
July 17, 2022 | Manchester, Night & Day | UK |
July 19, 2022 | Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach | UK |
July 20, 2022 | Brighton, Patterns | UK |
July 21, 2022 | Southwold, Henham Park | UK |
July 21, 2022 | London, PowerHaus (FKA Dingwalls) | UK |
July 27, 2022 | London, O2 Academy Brixton | UK |
July 29, 2022 | Omaha, NE, Aksarben Village | US |
August 7, 2022 | Calgary, AB, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium | Canada |
August 8, 2022 | Helena, MT, KettleHouse Amphitheater | US |
August 9, 2022 | Salt Lake City, UT, The Ogden Amphitheater | US |
August 10, 2022 | Dillon, CO, Dillon Amphitheater | US |
August 10, 2022 | Dillon, CO, Dillon Amphitheater | US |
August 13, 2022 | Springfield, MA, Mass MoCA | US |
August 26, 2022 | Toronto, ON, Budweiser Stage | Canada |
October 1, 2022 | Baltimore, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion | US |
November 5, 2022 | Columbus, OH, The Basement | US |
November 7, 2022 | Twin Cities, MN, Turf Club | US |
November 7, 2022 | Twin Cities, MN, Turf Club | US |
November 8, 2022 | Chicago, IL, Thalia Hall | US |
November 14, 2022 | Boston / Cambridge, MA, The Sinclair Music Hall | US |
November 28, 2022 | Houston, TX, White Oak Music Hall | US |
November 29, 2022 | Austin, TX, The Parish | US |
November 30, 2022 | Dallas - Fort Worth, TX, Deep Ellum Art Co. | US |
December 5, 2022 | San Diego, CA, Music Box | US |
December 6, 2022 | Los Angeles (LA), CA, Regent Theater | US |
December 7, 2022 | SF Bay Area, CA, The Independent | US |
December 9, 2022 | Seattle, WA, Neumos | US |
December 10, 2022 | Vancouver, BC, Fox Cabaret | Canada |
December 11, 2022 | Portland, OR, Doug Fir Lounge | US |
December 13, 2022 | Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Lounge | US |
December 14, 2022 | Denver, CO, Bluebird Theater | US |
December 15, 2022 | Omaha, NE, Slowdown | US |
December 16, 2022 | Oklahoma City, OK, Beer City Music Hall | US |
December 18, 2022 | Atlanta, GA, Terminal West | US |
April 23, 2024 | Sacramento, CA, Ace of Spades | US |
Bartees Strange’s mother was an opera singer. His dad served in the military for decades. He traveled widely for his parents jobs—born in Ipswich, England 1989, his family also did stints in Germany, Greenland, and a number of states across America before he hit his 12th birthday when they settled in Mustang, Oklahoma.
Though Bartees’s mother shepherded him through formal musical training in voice, as a teenager he and his friends fixated on the blooming hardcore and emo scene of the Midwest and Deep South, drawing inspiration from band such as At the Drive In, Norma Jean, MeWithoutYou, Cap n Jazz, Bright Eyes, and American Football. Around this time Bartees started playing guitar.
In true DIY/punk fashion, this consumption turned into production. In middle school, Bartees began producing music for friends with a small project studio he built out of a Tascam 388, the family computer and a pirated copy of FL Studio. Through AOL instant messenger, Bartees connected with old friends in the UK, who brought him up to speed on a new world of sonic influence led by Bloc Party, Burial, Robyn and Skream. College, and a half-decade stint in Brooklyn connected him with the rising indie scene—particularly favorites like Bon Iver, TV on The Radio, Frank Ocean, James Blake, King Krule, Japanese Breakfast, Mt. Kimbie, Mitski, Thao Nguyen and The National, giving him a crash course in lyrical intrigue and textural brilliance.
Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy is a summary of his influences and the first commercial release by an artist who we truly think can go on to become a cultural influencer in his own right. Bartees resides in Washington, DC—where he makes music and works at a non-profit fighting against climate change and poverty.