Big Gigantic Announce Fall Headlining “Uprising Tour” Kicking Off September 15 and Visiting Over 45 Cities – Bogart’s on 11/1

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Dynamic. Electrifying. Compelling. These are just a few of the words that have been used to describe BIG GIGANTIC and their powerful live sets at some of the top U.S. festivals this summer.

And now the Boulder, CO-based electronic act—saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken–is set to bring their breakthrough sound of DJ-based music with live instruments to over 45 citiesthroughout North America this fall. Kicking off September 15 in Port Chester, NY during the reopening of The Capitol Theatre and featuring a stop at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA on October 5, the “Uprising Tour” will hit such cities as Tempe, San Diego, Reno, Seattle, Portland, Boise, Tulsa, Little Rock, Covington, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Toronto, Baltimore, Richmond, Raleigh, New Orleans and Nashville among many others before wrapping December 1 in Athens, GA. Supporting BIG GIGANTIC will be GRiZ from October 3-November 4 with Adventure Club on select dates, Crizzly from November 5-17 and Ana Sia from November 21-December 1 unless otherwise noted. See below for full list of tour dates with more to be announced soon.

“We are SO STOKED to rage with you on our upcoming fall tour—The UPRISING TOUR!!” says Lalli and Salken. “This time, we’re reaching far and wide, hitting a ton of dates all over the West Coast, Midwest, Northeast and the South. We’ll be hitting some new cities we’ve never been to, as well as some of our favorite stops along the way. Make sure to get the crew together and get your tickets cause we’re bringing the heat with new music, old music, crazy production and a raging dance party every night. We also have our good friends GRiZ, Crizzly and Ana Sia coming out supporting us. Check out this sick video of what we’ll be gettin’ into this fall:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu90rz4M93M&feature=plcp. It’s gonna be an exciting fall season!!!”

Chosen by Rolling Stone as one of the “10 Must-See Acts at Bonnaroo 2012,” BIG GIGANTIC has been making the rounds this summer on the U.S. festival circuit to rave reviews (see critical quotes below). Having already taken Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Hangout, Electric Forest, Camp Bisco, Governor’s Ball and All Good Music Festival by storm, the duo just performed twice this past weekend at Lollapalooza: Saturday night at a sold-out official aftershow at the Congress Theatre and Sunday night on Perry’s Stage at the festival, where they announced their headlining New Year’s Eve show taking place at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Other festival appearances still to come include Outside Lands this Sunday, August 12 (set time: 2:05-2:50pm on Twin Peaks stage), Austin City Limits, Summer Set and CounterPoint along with performances in early 2013 on both Holy Ship! and Jam Cruise, marking the first band to play both cruises.

One of their biggest shows to come this year though will be taking place in their home state of Colorado when BIG GIGANTIC headline the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre for the first time ever Saturday, September 29 and transform the iconic venue into “Rowdytown.” The support acts for the show have finally been announced. JoiningBIG GIGANTIC and over 9,000 fans will be Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Dillon Francis, GRiZ and Raw Russ. Special VIP and travel packages are currently available including an exclusive VIP viewing area, a limited edition signed poster and shuttles. For more information, go to www.biggigantic.net.

Outside Lands Music Festival
Sun 8/12 San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Park
Summer Set Music & Camping Festival
Fri 8/24 Somerset, WI Somerset Amphitheatre
w/ Pretty Lights
Sat 8/25 Council Bluffs, IA Westfair Amphitheatre
“Uprising Tour”
Sat 9/15 Port Chester, NY Capitol Theatre
CounterPoint Music Festival
Thu 9/27 Atlanta, GA Chatahoochee River
“Rowdytown” w/ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Dillon Francis, GRiZ, Raw Russ
Sat 9/29 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
“Uprising Tour”
*Wed 10/3 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
*Thu 10/4 San Diego, CA House of Blues
*Fri 10/5 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues
Sat 10/6 TBA TBA
*Sun 10/7 San Luis Obispo, CA The Graduate
$*Tue 10/9 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
$*Wed 10/10 Blue Lake, CA Blue Lake Casino
$*Thu 10/11 Seattle, WA The Showbox SODO
*Fri 10/12 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre
Austin City Limits
Sat 10/13 Austin, TX Zilker Park
“Uprising Tour”
*Thu 10/18 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
*Fri 10/19 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
*Sat 10/20 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
*Sun 10/21 Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre
*Tue 10/23 Sioux Falls, SD The Vault
Wed 10/24 TBA TBA
*Thu 10/25 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
*Fri 10/26 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
Sat 10/27 TBA TBA
*Sun 10/28 Columbia, MO The Blue Note
*Tue 10/30 Little Rock, AR Revolution Music Room
*Wed 10/31 Oxford, MS The Lyric
*Thurs 11/1 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
*Fri 11/2 Lexington, KY Busters
*Sun 11/4 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre
~Mon 11/5 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
Wed 11/7 Toronto, ON Wrongbar
~Thu 11/8 Northampton, MA Pearl Street Ballroom
Fri 11/9 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
~Sat 11/10 Richmond, VA The National
~Sun 11/11 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
~Tue 11/13 Winston Salem, NC Ziggy’s
Wed 11/14 TBA TBA
Thu 11/15 TBA TBA
~Fri 11/16 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
~Sat 11/17 Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen
^Wed 11/21 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works
Fri 11/23 TBA TBA
Sat 11/24 TBA TBA
^Sun 11/25 Urbana, IL The Canopy Club
^Tue 11/27 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theater
^Wed 11/28 Wilmington, NC Brooklyn Arts Center
Thu 11/29 TBA TBA
Fri 11/30 TBA TBA
^Sat 12/1 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre
* denotes GRiZ as support act
$ denotes Adventure Club and GRiZ as support acts
~ denotes Crizzly as support act
^ denotes Ana Sia as support act
New Year’s Eve
Mon 12/31 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Holy Ship!
Jan 4-7, 2013 Caribbean Sea Holy Ship!
Jam Cruise 11
Jan 7-12, 2013 Caribbean Sea Jam Cruise