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Swans had already announced a date at the UK’s Supersonic Festival in Birmingham but have now let out the dates for a full UK tour.

The recent reactivation of the band has the following line up:

Michael Gira; guitar, voice, mendicant friar act (original Swans)
Norman Westberg: guitar (original Swans)
Christoph Hahn: guitar (mid-period Swans and most Angels of Light )
Phil Puleo; drums, percussion, dulcimer etc etc (final Swans tour and most of Angels of Light)
Chris Pravdica: bass and gadgets (Flux Information Sciences / Services/ Gunga Din)
Thor Harris: drums, percussion, vibes, dulcimer, curios, keys, etc… (Angels of Light, now also with Shearwater) .

The dates are:

21-Oct Cork Cyprus Avenue special guest: James Blackshaw
22-Oct Dublin Button Factory special guest: James Blackshaw
24-Oct Birmingham Supersonic Festival special guest: James Blackshaw
25-Oct Glasgow Arches special guest: James Blackshaw
27-Oct Brighton Concorde 2 special guest: James Blackshaw
28-Oct London Koko Theatre special guest: James Blackshaw
29-Oct Leeds Uni Stylus special guest: James Blackshaw
30-Oct Manchester Academy special guest: James Blackshaw

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