
Rock veterans The MC5 have confirmed their first live dates of 2005, soundgenerator can report.
The band, which includes founding members Wayne Kramer, Michael Davis Dennis Thompson, will kick off a short tour of the European mainland starting Feb. 19 in Barcelona.
Now billed as DKT/MC5 (Davis, Kramer, Thompson), the line up also features former Guns N' Roses bandmember Gilby Clarke, Lisa Kekaula (Basement Jaxx, Bellrays) and Handsome Dick Manitoba (Dictators). The new tour dates continue a spate of recent live activity for the band, following last year's world tour
[read: Punk Rock Legends MC5 Plan World Tour].
The tour schedule is as follows:
February
19 - Razzmatazz 3, Barcelona, Spain
20 - Sala Arena, Madrid, Spain
21 - 4 Sans, Bordeaux, France
22 - Vauban, Brest, France
23 - Aeronef, Lille, France
24 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
25 - Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
27 - Hiroshima, Turin, Italy
28 - New Age, Treviso, Italy
March
04 - Gargarin 205Athens, Greece
05 - Mylos, Thessalonica, Greece