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This May, international punk band Gogol Bordello will kick off the West Coast leg of their Casa Gogol Tour on May 18 in San Diego with support from Casa Gogol’s latest New York discoveries; art andamp; dance punk band Mary Shelley, hypnotic singer-songwriter Grace Bergere, Puzzled Panther and Crazy andamp; The Brains. While in Las Vegas for Punk Rock Bowling andamp; Music Festival, Eugene Hütz will lead guided tours of The Punk Rock Museum as well as screening Vice documentary Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story (Executive Producer Liev Schreiber). The screenings will be followed by QandA with Hütz and Sergey Ryabtsev, and an afterparty with DJ HÜTZ and progressive art punk band from NYC Mary Shelley. Tickets here.

On Friday, May 10, Casa Gogol Records (Rolling Stone) will release two new singles ahead of the tour kicking off Casa Gogol’s NYContinuity series (learn more from Inside Hook), where new New York bands cover the greats of iconic NYC Punk. Mary Shelley will cover The Talking Heads’ “Bourgeois de Ville/The Great Curve” produced by Eugene Hütz, Puzzled Panther to cover Sonic Youth’s “Dirty Boots” produced by Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Eugene Hütz, as well as Grace Bergere’s original song “A Little Blood” off her upcoming album.

Scream of My Blood is an intimate portrait of Ukrainian immigrant Eugene Hütz, chronicling the rise of his NYC punk band Gogol Bordello and his defiant return to Ukraine. The Vice doc premiered at Tribeca Film Festival last June, earning a Special Jury Mention for Best New Documentary Director Award for Nate Pommer and Eric Weinrib. The doc garnered praise like “Hütz’s story is fascinating and triumphant. Scream of My Blood’ remains essential.” (Variety). The film has also been shown at the Warsaw Film Festival (Audience Award for Documentary Feature), Centre Film Festival (Audience Award), SXSW Sydney, In-Edit International Music Documentary Film Festival and more as it continues the festival circuit - including screenings in Burlington, Vermont where Eugene’s story in the United States began.

Since Gogol Bordello’s genesis in the Lower East Side punk-rock scene of 1999, they’ve continued to light up audiences with an inimitable patchwork of raucous punk and Eastern European Gypsy-swing. Casa Gogol first began as a touring series curated by Eugene Hütz, focusing on bringing like-minded artists on the road with Gogol Bordello. These uncompromisingly innovative musicians have included A Tribe Called Red (now The Halluci Nation), Mariachi El Bronx, Man Man and recently Amigo the Devil amongst countless others.

Now Hütz’s imprint, Casa Gogol Records (Rolling Stone) has released an electric debut EP Puzzled Panther and powerful Gogol Bordello collaboration cover of Angelic Upstarts’ “Solidarity” with Bernard Sumner (Joy Division and New Order). Listen to Bernard Sumner’s “Right To Freedom” Mix and Gogol Bordello’s “Unity” Mix. This tribute to the punk and anti-Soviet movement will benefit injured Ukrainian soldiers through Kind Deeds, and stand in solidarity with oppressed groups worldwide. Other 2024 releases on Casa Gogol Records will include hypnotic singer-songwriter Grace Bergere, Jesus Christoph of Crazy andamp; The Brains, Brooklyn art dance punk band Mary Shelley and beyond.

 

2024 CASA GOGOL U.S. TOUR DATES

5/18 San Diego, CA - SOMA * #

5/20 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory * #

5/21 Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theater * #

5/23 San Luis Obispo, CA - Fremont Theater * #

5/24 Napa, CA - Bottlerock Festival

5/25 Berkeley, CA - The UC Theatre * # @

5/27 Las Vegas, NV - Punk Rock Bowling

5/28 - Eugene Hütz Punk Rock Museum Tour, Screening, Show #

5/29 - Eugene Hütz Punk Rock Museum Tour, Screening, Show #

8/30 Birmingham, AB - Iron City ^

8/31 Cookeville, TN - Muddy Roots

9/1 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel ^

9/2 Charleston, SC - Music Farm ^

9/4 Virginia Beach, VA - Elevation 27 ^

9/6 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater ^

9/7 Wilmington, DE - The Queen ^

9/8 Harrisburg, PA - XL Live ^

9/10 Albany, NY - Empire Live ^

9/11 Huntington, NY - The Paramount ^

9/13 New Haven, CT - Toad’s Place ^

9/14 Providence. RI - The Strand Ballroom andamp; Theatre ^

9/15 Asbury Park, NJ - Sea.Hear.Now Festival

 

* Grace Bergere / # Mary Shelley / ^ Puzzled Panther and Crazy andamp; The Brains /

@ Forrest Day

 

See all upcoming U.S. and Europe tour dates HERE

 

Gogol Bordello recently announced the launch of their first official fan siteWonderlust Kingdom, an online community where fans can connect and have access to cool perks and access for $10 a month. With sign up, fans will receive an exclusive Wonderlust Kingdom t-shirt, early ticket sale access, early entry to shows, live chats with Gogol Bordello and fans, unheard demos, live recordings and collaborations from the archives as well as unreleased Gogol Bordello video footage.

This year also saw Gogol Bordello release collaborative benefit song “United Strike Back” to raise funds and support for Ukrainian soldiers, featuring Tre Cool (Green Day), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics), Roger Miret (Agnostic Front), Monte Pittman (Ministry), Sasha (Kazka) andPuzzled Panther.