X to Join Pearl Jam on European Tour

X, the perennial  L.A. punk-rockers, announce plans to continue touring throughout the year, celebrating their 35th anniversary as a band. X is the last musical group out of the iconic “class of ’77”, including such greats as The Ramones, The Clash and The Sex Pistols, who remain intact and touring!

After a West Coast tour this past May, the band is getting ready to head to Europe this month where X will once again join Pearl Jam as special guests on their European Summer Run. The bands will be hitting Manchester, the Isle of Wight, Amsterdam, Belgium, France, the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden and Norway before wrapping up in Copenhagen, Denmark on July 10th.

This past November, X joined Pearl Jam on their South American tour, visiting various parts of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica and Mexico City for the first time.  During the tour, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam– joined X on-stage each night during their encore.  The X song “Devil Doll” was recorded during these impromptu performances and Pearl Jam has just released it as the ‘b’ side to their 2011 “TenClub Single,” available to Pearl Jam fan club members exclusively.

Once X returns from Europe, the band will continue with two West Coast shows; July 13th at Hollywood Park and July 29th, where they will join the Indie West Fest in Ventura, CA.  The band will also travel across the country for one East Coast show where they will once again, join Pearl Jam as a special guest on their “Made in America” Festival with Jay Z taking place on September 1 & 2nd in Philadelphia.

Last year, X celebrated the 31st anniversary of the legendary album, Los Angeles, one that not only defined their career, but an entire musical genre as well. The band also celebrated the re-release of their landmark award winning rock-umentary, X: The Unheard Music.

The L.A. punk scene in the late 70s saw its share of greatness, but few acts as talented as the now world-class, live, rock & roll band X. Their 2008 “13-31” Tour across the U.S. was really something special, celebrating the band’s 31st anniversary. 2009 shaped up to be just as amazing for the veteran rockers, with appearances at SXSW and Coachella Festivals, along with their own “X – TRL” Tour, where fans to helped select each night’s set list.  2010 saw Ray Manzarek of The Doors fame, and producer of X’s first four records, join them on stage in San Francisco for two very special performances of the Album Los Angeles.

The original line-up of X is John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, and D.J. Bonebrake.

Has it really been 35 years since Billy, John, Exene & DJ first came together as X… We’re still here, are you with us?

X-35 Tour Itinerary:

EUROPE with…PEARL JAM

We are heading across the pond! Sincere thanks to Pearl Jam for making this possible.

June 20/21          M.E.N. Arena                                     Manchester, UK
June 23                 Isle of Wight Festival                      Isle of Wight, UK
June 26/27          Ziggo Dome                                        Amsterdamn, The Netherlands
June 29                 Werchter Festival                            Werchter, Belgium
June 30                 Main Square Festival                      Arras, France
July 2                     O2 Arena                                             Prague, Czech Republic
July 4/5                 O2 Arena                                             Berlin, Germany
July 7                     Ericsson Globe Arena                     Stockholm, Sweden
July 9                     Spektrum                                            Oslo, Norway
July 10                   ForumCopenhagen                       Copenhagen,Denmark

U.S. Dates

July 13                   Hollywood Park                            Los Angeles, CA
July 29                   Indie West Festival                          Ventura, CA
September 2      Made in America Festival             Philadelphia, PA

More Dates TBA