Metric and Death Cab For Cutie announce co-headlining “Lights on the Horizon” Canadian Tour

By: Staff –

Canadian indie rock band Metric, and Grammy-nominated alt rock band Death Cab for Cutie have teamed up for a 2016 cross-Canada co-headlining tour. The bands will embark on the “Lights on the Horizon” tour on March 19 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, hitting 10 cities before wrapping up at the Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver on April 1.

Pre-sales for all shows will begin today at 10 AM local time on each band’s website. General on-sale will begin Friday at 10 AM local time.

“We are so happy that everything fell into place for Death Cab for Cutie and Metric to do this tour of Canada together,” says Emily Haines. “Nick Harmer and I worked on creating the poster artwork together, and while we were on the phone riffing on imagery and ideas for what to call the tour we decided on Lights On The Horizon. I was standing on a rooftop at sunset looking out at the Statue of Liberty at the time and it just felt right. The name expressed our shared desire to focus on what lies ahead, creatively and personally, so we went with it.”

“We’re so excited about touring with Metric, a band that we’ve been fans of for a long time, and also to be playing shows in a number of Canadian cities that we’ve never been to previously,” says Death Cab for Cutie singer-guitarist Ben Gibbard.

2016 “LIGHTS ON THE HORIZON” TOUR

MARCH 19                           MONTREAL, QC                                Bell Centre
MARCH 20                           KINGSTON, ON                                K-Rock Centre
MARCH 22                           ST. CATHARINES, ON                    Meridian Centre
MARCH 23                           TORONTO, ON                                 Air Canada Centre
MARCH 24                           LONDON, ON                                   Budweiser Gardens
MARCH 27                           WINNIPEG, MB                               MTS Centre
MARCH 28                           REGINA, SK                                      Conexus Arts Centre
MARCH 29                           EDMONTON, AB                             Rexall Place
MARCH 30                           CALGARY, AB                                  BMO Centre
APRIL  1                                VANCOUVER, BC                            Thunderbird Sports Complex