The Bloody Beetroots to Kick-Off North American Tour in May

Fresh off of a world tour and a memorable closing set at this year's Ultra Music Festival, King of punk rock dance music Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, better known as THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, is bringing his new and revamped live show to North America this May.

With his absolutely explosive stage presence and taste for grandeur, Rifo is reviving the magic of live performance that has all but disappeared with the rise of electronic music. Featuring a stunning new LED venom mask and live band, THE BLOODY BEETROOTS LIVE SHOW is an experience greater than any that can be created behind two turntables and a mixer-it is unlike any other and is not to be missed.

The upcoming dates are just the beginning of a very exciting summer for THE BLOODY BEETROOTS with remixes of the electrifying "Spank" releasing May 7 on Ultra Music and much more to come in terms of music and touring for 2013.

Tour Dates for THE BLOODY BEETROOTS LIVE:
Fri 5/17 Washington, DC 930 Club
Sat 5/18 Flushing, NY EDC NY at Citi Field
Sun 5/19 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
Wed 5/22 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Thu 5/23 Montreal, QC TELUS Theatre
Fri 5/24 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Hall
Sat 5/25 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
Sun 5/26 Chicago, IL EDC Chicago
Mon 5/27 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre
Fri 6/21 Las Vegas, NV EDC Las Vegas

PRESALE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, a.k.a. THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, has always been an anomaly amidst the cocooned trends and coddled pedigrees of dance music. After fits and starts in Italian garage-punk bands, Rifo launched THE BLOODY BEETROOTS in 2007 and over the next years, he would win the support of electro house heavyweights Étienne de Crécy and Alex Gopher in Europe and Dim Mak's Steve Aoki Stateside, with each production more elaborate and ambitious than the last. From the start, MR. BLOODY BEETROOTS was capable of synergizing sonics and sensibilities from The Damned to Debussy, the anthemic wistfulness of new wave and primal screams of hardcore punk, into remarkably actualized efforts that became platforms for larger socio-political historiography and cultural histrionics: the homage to Italian Futurism of "Rombo," the cinematic soundtrack to Nazi resistance (and you thought it was just dance music) that is "Domino"-the striking black and white video features Rifo using only a book as weapon, and the kick drum pattern, in an irony too rich to ignore, recalling New Order's "Blue Monday." Then there's the sci-fi fantasy anarchism of writer Michael Moorcock in "Cornelius" and the Trekkie techie nerd joy of smearing sounds that is simply cerebellum meltingly "Warp." Clearly on Rifo's watch, anything's not only possible-but from the sheer vastness of sounds and media that have materialized-probable as well. Having worked closely with Dennis Lyzxen from The REFUSED on not only the single smash club record "Church Of Noise," but developing it into an online community and cult following, Rifo and Lyzxen embrace freedom of art, speech and chaos. His most recent collaborations included studio sessions with Youth and remixing Killing Joke, an opportunity very few are entitled to. From one-man studio production to full band live shows with BLOODY BEETROOTS DEATH CREW 77 & his DJ show touring as The Bloody Beetroots DJ Set, dance tracks to films, photography, fashion and socio-political activism, are all encompassed.