Glasvegas opened 2009 with their second tour of the USA which this time included the West Coast of the USA and Canada. Arrival in Boston for their first gig on 4 January 2009 was followed by the bands first USA TV appearance on the The Late Show with David Letterman on 5 January 2009. On the 6th January 2009 the band played a sold out gig at the famous Bowery Ballroom in New York before heading to San Francisco to play their first ever West Coast gig. Further sold out gigs in Seattle, Vancouver and Portland preceded the bands second USA TV Appearance on 14 January 2009 on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson which was followed by a sold out performance that night at the world famous Troubadour in Los Angeles. On 19 January 2009 Glasvegas arrived in Japan and played two sold out gigs in Tokyo and Osaka before heading back to the UK. On 29 January Glasvegas headlined the 2009 NME Awards Tour which ended 21 February 2009 at the Brixton Academy in London. At the 2009 NME Awards on 25 February, Glasvegas performed a live version of "Suspicious Minds" before embarking on a short European Tour which included three support slots with Oasis on 27 February 2009 in Munich, 1 March 2009 in Zurich and 3 March 2009 in Paris.
On 17 March 2009 Glasvegas made their first trip to the SXSW Music Festival held in Austin, Texas where they played four gigs over the course of the festival. The band were widely praised by USA press by actually delivering on the hype surrounding them before SXSW 2009. Immediately after SXSW 2009 Glasvegas embarked on their biggest tour of North America to date. Starting on 23 March 2009 and ending 18 April 2009 the band played New Orleans, Atlanta, Washington DC, West Chester, Brooklyn, New York, where Glasvegas made their 3rd USA TV Appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake City, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco before heading to the Los Angeles to make their final USA TV appearance to date on Last Call with Carson Daly. The following day Glasvegas headed to the Coachella Music Festival but had to cancel their performance due to a combination of illness and exhaustion which came right at the end of a punishing touring schedule.
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