Zach Condon and his band Beirut have been busy this decade - recording two albums and traipsing around European festivals like it's going out of style. But crossing the pond? Apparently that was just too much to ask. Until now. In a shocking display of transatlantic awareness, Beirut has announced their first North American tour in eight years, set to grace the continent next spring. It's a modest comeback, with only six shows across the United States and Canada, including stops in Boston, Chicago, Toronto, and Washington, D.C., plus two back-to-back nights in Brooklyn. Because why do one show when you can do two in the same city and call it a tour?

Beirut's latest album, A Study of Losses, dropped last year, commissioned by the Swedish acrobat troupe Kompani Giraff (because who doesn't want their music to be accompanied by acrobats?). It followed 2023's Hadsel. These records have already had their live debut in Europe, but now it's North America's turn to hear them, proving that the band does, in fact, know the way back.

Tour dates: April 2-3 at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY; April 5 at Roadrunner in Boston, MA; April 6 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.; April 10 at The Salt Shed in Chicago, IL; and April 13 at History in Toronto, Ontario. Mark your calendars, dust off your passport (if you're Canadian), and prepare for the Balkan folk-pop revival you didn't know you were missing.