TAAKE – Spring North American Tour Dates

TAAKE have announced a spring North American tour with special guests pending. Here are the confirmed dates:

5/20 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
5/21 Portland, OR – Star Theater
5/23 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
5/24 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
5/26 San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
5/27 Mesa, AZ – Club Red
5/29 Denver, CO – The Roxy
5/31 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
6/01 Chicago, IL – Reggies
6/02 Cleveland, OH – Agora
6/03 Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch
6/04 Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
6/05 Ottawa, ON – Mavericks
6/06 Quebec City, QC – L’Anti Bar & Spectacles
6/07 Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
6/08 Boston, MA – The Middle East
6/09 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
6/10 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge

The band was formerly known as Thule (1993-1995); Hoest then changed the name to Taake (the Norwegian word for “fog”) in 1995 because he wanted the name to reflect the genuine Norwegian spirit of his music and lyrics. It is also a patriotic tribute to the fog that surrounds the seven mountains at his hometown Bergen. “Høst” itself means “Autumn” in Norwegian, referred to Hoest’s season of birth.

Hoest was imprisoned in 2006 for unknown reasons. His label Dark Essence Records reported that the prison sentence was only a few months. C. Corax (guitars on Doedskvad and Bjoergvin) has also been imprisoned, though for a longer prison sentence.

There is a reason why Hoest prefers his name spelled with an “oe” and not an “ø”. It is because he does not want to use the three letters æ,ø, and å. This is a part of the whole Taake package.

Source: The PRP

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