After the sold-out tour last March that brought Air back to North America after more than three years, the French electronic-pop duo returns with an exclusive live date in the States this October. Scheduled for October 23 at LA’s Shrine Auditorium, the show will consist of opening acts by Quadron and Juliette Commagere.
With albums such as Moon Safari and the latest, Love 2, Air holds 5.5 million worldwide record sales to date. Its app for iPhone, titled “Love by Air” (developed with London-based music tech company RjDj), spent several weeks in the iTunes Top 20 Music Apps chart.
The application allows users to mix their own versions of the band’s music by choosing from five different “soundscapes,” then transforming them by sampling and processing ambient sounds, their own voice, and more into Air’s hits. Also available through the app are personal message and performance recordings to make sharing of these creations possible.
During Air’s 2010 tour in March, highlights included a national TV appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, a concert at the Walt Disney Concert hall in LA, and recording of its sixth studio session for KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic Internet radio program.
Air’s South and North American tour dates
10.09 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Aire Festival
10.14 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ Circo Voador
10.15 – Belo Horizonte, Brazil @ Chevrolet Hall
10.16 – Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Natura Festival
10.19 – Bogota, Colombia @ Teatro Gaitan
10.21 – Mexico City, Mexico @ The National Auditorium
10.23 – Los Angeles, USA @ Shrine Auditorium*
*Tickets for Los Angeles go on sale Friday, July 30 at 10 a.m. (PST) at ticketmaster.com