The Cranberries have announced the first leg of their comeback tour, which kicks off on November 12 in Baltimore’s Ram’s Head and then takes in Orpheum, Boston (13); Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach (14); Count Basie Theater, Red Bank (16); Electric Factory, Philadelphia (17); Nokia Theatre, New York (18); Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto (20 & 21); Olympia, Montreal (22); Filmore, Detroit (24); Riviera, Chicago (25); Riverside Theater, Milwaulkee (27); First Avenue, Minneapolis (28); Midland Theater, Kansas City (29); Gothic Theater, Denver (December 1); The Pearl, Las Vegas (3); Club Nokia, Los Angeles (4); Regency Ballroom, San Francisco (5); and Moore Theater, Seattle (7).
The 19-date trek is being sponsored by Guesstimation, a trivia game that’s giving Trivial Pursuit a run for its money in North America.
Up in Dublin for this weekend’s Music Show, guitarist Noel Hogan said, “We’re going to rehearse in a couple of weeks time in Limerick, and then kick things off in Baltimore. The closer it gets, the more excited I am! We’re going to have most of our old road crew with us, so it feels really comfortable.”
Expect an Irish date or two in the New Year.

Pic: Three of the Cranberries earlier this year in Trinity College