Osaka, Japan’s Shonen Knife continue their 30th anniversary celebration with 30 newly announced North American shows, as well as the release of a brand new studio album, Pop Tune. Pop Tune was recorded in Osaka in early 2012 after the band’s “Osaka Ramones” world tour in 2011, and will be released on June 6, 2012 via Good Charamel Records.

Shonen Knife’s 2012 North American tour will begin in Philadelphia this July. Dates are listed below.

Shonen Knife on Tour
7/19 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
7/20 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
7/21 Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House
7/22 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwells
7/24 Providence, RI @ Providence Social Club
7/25 Portland, ME @ Space Gallery
7/26 Allston, MA @ Great Scott
7/27 Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar
7/28 Long Lake, NY @ Mt. Sabattis Pavillion
7/29 Bethlehem, PA @ Levitt Pavillion Steelstacks
7/30 Detroit, MI @ Lager House
7/31 Great Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
8/2 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
8/3 TBA
8/4 Minneapolis, MN @ The Entry
8/5 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
8/8 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
8/9 Portland, OR @ Dante’s
8/10 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
8/11 San Jose, CA @ Blank Club
8/12 TBD
8/13 TBD
8/14 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
8/16 Austin, TX @ Red 7
8/17 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
8/18 Little Rock, AR @ Stickyz Rock’n’Roll Chicken
8/19 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
8/20 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
8/21 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
8/22 Toronto, ON @ The Quadrangle/Hart House