Broken Social Scene Announce North American Tour and New Graphic Novel

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the breakthrough LP You Forgot It in People, the Toronto collective will perform the album in full on the upcoming trek
Broken Social Scene by an escalator
Broken Social Scene, photo by Richard Lam

Broken Social Scene have announced a string of North American tour dates kicking off in September. The Toronto indie collective will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its breakthrough LP You Forgot It in People on the upcoming trek, performing the album in full at each concert. Find Broken Social Scene’s full schedule below.

Broken Social Scene have also announced a new graphic novel in conjunction with the pivotal LP. They’ve paired with Z2 comics and writer Lonnie Nadler for Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It in People, The Graphic Novel. The book reimagines the LP into a series of intertwining vignettes. Along with Nadler, 13 visual artists contributed to the graphic novel, which will be released along with a 10" vinyl single of “Lover’s Spit” that includes the original album version, as well as a stripped back B-side with Feist on vocals. The second extra is a cassette mixtape of unreleased instrumental compositions.

Earlier this year, Broken Social Scene issued the career-spanning Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities set. Their last studio LP was 2017’s Hug of Thunder.

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Broken Social Scene: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of You Forgot It in People

Broken Social Scene:

09-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
09-24 Seattle, WA - Paramount
09-26 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
092-7 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
09-29 Sonoma, CA - Gundlach Bundschu (Barn)
09-30 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre
10-02 Dana Point, CA - Ohana Festival
10-04 Sante Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
10-05 Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
10-07 Iowa City, IA - Englert Theatre
10-08 St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
10-09 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
10-10 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
10-12 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
10-13 Washington, D.C. - Lincoln Theatre
10-14 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
10-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-16 New York, NY - Webster Hall