Arkells making a stop in Okanagan on cross-Canada tour

KELOWNA – Canadian rockers Arkells have included Kelowna on their 11-city, cross-Canada tour early next year.

The chart-topping, high-energy band will be at Prospera Place on Feb. 5., according to a media release from Live Nation.

Arkells kick off the tour in Vancouver on Feb. 2 and wrap it up in Montreal on Feb. 19. Victoria is the only other B.C. performance.

The Rally Cry Tour follows the band’s performance at The Rally, a one-day summer stadium show held at Hamilton’s Tim Hortons Field in front of 24,000 fans this past June, the release says.

The tour will include special guest Lord Huron.

“We’ve been massive fans of Lord Huron forever, and their latest album Vide Noir is one of the best releases of 2018,” frontman Max Kerman said in the release. “It’ll be a treat to watch them every night. We can’t wait to get back on the road across Canada – we wrote these new songs to play them live for you.”

Tickets will go on sale Friday, Oct. 26 at www.livenation.com.

To ensure tickets for The 2019 Rally Cry Tour get directly in the hands of fans, the band will utilize the Ticketmaster Verified Fan Pre-sale. Registration is open now until Sunday, October 21 at 7 p.m. PST, and you can register here.

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