As a member of Portishead, Beth Gibbons hasn’t toured North America since 2011; as a solo artist, she hasn’t toured North America ever. But a couple of months ago, it was announced that she’d be playing Big Ears Festival in Tennessee in March, marking her first ever solo show stateside. Now, she’s announced a tour of solo US gigs (with one in Canada) for this spring, promoting her Mercury Prize-nominated solo debut album Lives Outgrown.