More than a year on from their last live performances, Canadian musician Cindy Lee has announced a short run of North American tour dates.
Lee (the musical moniker of Patrick Flegel) had initially announced an extensive run of tour dates throughout April and May 2024 in support of their breakthrough album, Diamond Jubilee.
Described as the “last American tour” for the enigmatic artist, the latter half of the planned run was called off for undisclosed personal reasons within the touring party.
Now after more than a year of silence, new dates have been added to the artist’s schedule with shows in Chicago, Toronto, Montreal and New York City planned for early November.
Freak Heat Waves, who had previously performed on Lee’s 2024 tour, will open all dates except for Toronto, where Blue Light will start proceedings.
Flegel’s Cindy Lee project first rose to prominence in 2020 following the release of What’s Tonight to Eternity?, and later gained widespread acclaim thanks to 2024’s mysterious Diamond Jubilee album.
Promoted with little fanfare, the album was purposely absent from streaming services (save for a YouTube upload of the record), with a typically-awkward Geocities site serving as the main point of digital distribution for the two-hour long triple LP. Regardless, reviews were extremely positive and the album was ultimately shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize.
“The buzz around Diamond Jubilee indicates both the beauty of the album itself and a broader excitement at the possibility that branding and endless self-promotion aren’t everything,” wrote Rosie Long Decter for Billboard Canada.
“In a period where artists and labels are struggling to figure out how to break through the online noise, it’s refreshing to see an artist so whole-heartedly reject the imperatives of the streaming economy, and to see that artist lauded, instead of chided.”
Cindy Lee – 2025 Tour Dates
Nov. 5 – Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Nov. 6 – Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Nov. 10 – Rialto Theatre, Montreal, QC
Nov. 15 – Brooklyn Paramount, New York City, NY
