The Show Is The Rainbow will play his first UK show in over five years this month for a one-off UK performance on 14th September at Roadtrip, London as part of a European tour.
Tickets went on sale on August 30th and can be bought here.
Full European dates are as follows:
Sat. Sept 3 Bergen, Norway @ Garage
Tue. Sept 6 Aalborg, Denmark @ 1000Fryd
Wed. Sept 7 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Kifak
Thu. Sept 8 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ OCCII w/ Rainbow Arabia
Sat. Sept 10 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ W139 (Bring Yr Own Beamer Festival)
Mon. Sept 12 Gent, Begium @ Cafe Video
Tue. Sept 13 Metz, France @ La Rubis
Wed. Sept 14 London, United Kingdom @ Roadtrip w/ Neon Highwire, Elephant 12 & Hot Beds
Sat. Sept 17 Tilburg, Netherlands @ Kafee ‘t Bultenbeentje (Incubate Festival)
Tue. Sept 20 Madrid, Spain @ La Felpa II
Thu. Sept 29 Winterthur, Switzerland @ Kraftfeld
Fri. Sept 30 Eindhoven, Netherlands @ TAC (Pageturner)
Sat. Oct 1 Nijmegen, Netherlands Swing Sting @ De Onderbroek
Sun. Oct 2 Kassel, Germany @ Club A.R.M.
The tour follows the recent release of their fourth album Tickled Pink (It Are Good Records) on 12″ vinyl with distribution through forward thinking electronic label Illegal Art (home of Girl Talk, Steinski, and Junk Culture). Much like Darren himself, its incredibly explicit front cover is not one for subtlety. He is currently in the middle of a ten month world tour which doubles up as Darren Keen’s honeymoon after recently marrying his long-term partner Lacey.
Darren has spent the last nine years recording as The Show Is The Rainbow fusing a bizzare mix of funk, hip-hop, dance and experimental electronic music, combined with a multimedia presentation and lots of quick witted banter. He has played just under 1,000 shows to date, including 30+ tours of the United States, 9 European tours, and 2 tours of New Zealand.
Pulling influences from Frank Zappa, Beck, Squarepusher, and Captain Beefheart, he has built up a following, and turned what was once sort of a “novelty” act, into a full fledged, DIY, underground movement. People have compared him to a midwestern, musical Andy Kaufman, with the ability to light up any room with hilarious, original, and confusing behavior.
