Gruff Rhys to “seek the lost tomb of Don Juan Evans”

Gruff Rhys has announced his intentions to embark on a quest to find the tomb of his "extremely great" uncle Don Juan Evans.

It will be the second time the Super Furry Animals singer, solo star and Artrocker Award awardee has gone on a quest for an ancient relative, his first quest - a search for his "long lost guitar playing, poncho wearing uncle, Rene Griffiths" through South America.- was documented in the film Seperado!.

This second quest will also follow tour dates and be filmed for posterity. According to legend Don Juan Evans "left Wales and his life as a farm hand in 1792 to search for a mythical tribe of abandoned Welsh speaking Native Americans."

He was consequently a fighter of river monsters in the Mississippi and discoverer of volcanos.

The quest / tour dates are:

Thu-July-05
Exeter
Fri-July-06
Royal Festival Hall with Cate Le Bon and Y Niwl **performing Hotel Shampoo in full**

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Thu-Aug-02
New Haven, CT Yale University Beineke Library
Sat-Aug-04
Baltimore, MD Golden West Café
Sun-Aug-05
Philadelphia, PA PhilaMOCA
Tue-Aug-07
Pittsburgh, PA Club Cafe
Thu-Aug-09
Cincinnati, OH CAC Black Box Theatre at Contemporary Arts Center
Sun-Aug-12
St. Louis, MO Contemporary Art Museum
Tues-Aug-14
Omaha, NE Slowdown Jr.
Thu-Aug-16
Columbia, MO Les Bourgeois Vineyards
Sat-Aug-18
Memphis, TN Hi-Tone
Wed-Aug-22
New Orleans, LA One-Eyed Jacks