{"id":11462,"date":"2012-07-16T10:58:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2012-07-16T12:18:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T20:18:03","slug":"the-afghan-wigs-release-frank-ocean-cover-and-add-california-tour-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-07\/the-afghan-wigs-release-frank-ocean-cover-and-add-california-tour-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"The Afghan Wigs Release Frank Ocean Cover and Add California Tour Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone’s jumping on the Frank Ocean-liner<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Afghan Whigs<\/strong> have today made their cover of Ocean’s<\/strong> Lovecrimes<\/strong><\/em> available as a free download at the widget below or HERE<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 In the Whigs’ defense, they have been covering the song live<\/strong> <\/a>well before all the recent hoopla. Ocean originally released the song in 2011 on his debut mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lovecrimes<\/strong><\/em> follows the Whigs’ recent release of See And Don\u2019t See<\/strong><\/em> and their performance of the song on The Jimmy Fallon Show<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The band also announced today the addition of new shows in California and elsewhere.\u00a0\u00a0 If you haven’t seen ’em live, they are phenomenal (well, they were 20-ish years ago and they played well on Fallon, so time will tell so to speak).\u00a0 Tickets for all shows go on sale this week.<\/p>\n

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THE AFGHAN WHIGS 2012 TOUR DATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

7\/25\/12 Melbourne, AUS Hi-Fi Bar
\n7\/26\/12 Sydney, AUS Factory Theatre
\n7\/27\/12 Byron Bay, AUS Splendour In The Grass \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n8\/3\/12 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n8\/4\/12 Chicago, IL Metro \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n8\/7\/12 Helsinki, FI Circus
\n8\/9\/12 Oslo, NO Oya Festival \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n8\/10\/12 Goteborg, SE Way Out West Festival
\n8\/11\/12 Rees-Haldern, GR Haldern Pop Festival \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n8\/14\/12 Warsaw, PL Palladium
\n8\/15\/12 Prague, CZ Lucerna Music Bar
\n8\/17\/12 Hasselt, BE Pukkelpop
\n8\/19\/12 London, UK Koko
\n9\/22\/12 New York, NY I\u2019ll Be Your Mirror Festival
\n9\/26\/12 Boston, MA House Of Blues<\/strong>
\n9\/27\/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory <\/strong>
\n9\/28\/12 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n9\/29\/12 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small\u2019s Theatre
\n10\/3\/12 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
\n10\/5\/12 New York, NY Terminal 5 \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n10\/12\/12 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n10\/19\/12 New Orleans, LA Tipitina\u2019s
\n10\/20\/12 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
\n10\/21\/12 Carrboro, NC Cat\u2019s Cradle
\n10\/24\/12 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew’s Hall – SOLD OUT
\n10\/25\/12 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s \u2013 SOLD OUT
\n10\/28\/12 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
\n10\/30\/12 Denver , CO Ogden Theatre
\n11\/2\/12 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
\n11\/3\/12 Seattle, WA Showbox
\n11\/7\/12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
\n11\/9\/12 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Additions In Bold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone’s jumping on the Frank Ocean-liner.\u00a0 The Afghan Whigs have today made their cover of Ocean’s Lovecrimes available as a free download at the widget below or HERE.\u00a0 In the Whigs’ defense, they have been covering the song live well before all the recent hoopla. Ocean originally released the song in 2011 on his debut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t