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Spoon to Tour North America in June
Chris Rediske reports:
So before you get all uppity about it, let us just say: We know we just reported Spoon tour dates last Friday. But here's the thing-- those shows, aside from one SXSW date (which already happened) and the Coachella date in April, are all taking place in Europe. Where you, most likely, are not. But you know Spoon loves the native North American-dweller just as much as the next deified indie rock band, which is why they're planning on spending their summer with you and you and you.

Yes, it's true-- Spoon will be marching quickly through the U.S. and Canada for the better part of June in support of their upcoming fifth full-length Gimme Fiction, hitting both coasts before ending up in their hometown of Austin. The Clientele will be along for the ride, and because we're cool like that, we've even reprinted the European dates from last week. Turn your camera on:

04-06 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia *
04-08 London, England - Brixton Academy *
04-11 Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit *
04-12 Koln, Germany - E-Werk *
04-13 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle *
04-15 Treviso, Italy - New Age *
04-16 Firenze, Italy - Sasch Hall *
04-17 Modena, Italy - Vox *
04-19 Bordeaux, France - Le Krakatoa *
04-20 Nantes, France - Halle de la Trocardiere *
04-21 Paris, France - Le Zenith *
04-24 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz *
04-25 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera *
04-30 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
06-01 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse #
06-02 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
06-03 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
06-04 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts #
06-05 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace #
06-06 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street #
06-07 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club #
06-08 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
06-09 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
06-10 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom #
06-11 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre #
06-12 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
06-13 Lawrence, KS - Granada #
06-14 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater #
06-16 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom #
06-17 Vancouver, British Columbia #
06-18 Seattle, WA - Showbox #
06-20 San Francisco, CA - TBA #
06-21 Los Angeles, CA - TBA #
06-22 Tempe, AZ - TBA #
06-24 Dallas, TX - TBA #
06-25 Austin, TX - TBA #

Finally a band I like willing to come to Indianapolis! Wait, I read that wrong, it says "Indio, CA."

yes!

Indio, CA = Coachella! Yeah, buddy!

and no detroit date!
grrr....

Chicago Obners, here I come!

So they're playing east up 'til I move east, then they're coming to LA. Sigh. They blew me away at ATP a few years ago, and I'm not even that big a fan of their recorded output.

i'm completely psyched about this. it's been a bit of a drought around here, although james brown will be rolling into town soon. hotpants!

hijack: shelley, when are you moving? it's baltimore, right?

James Brown, noted batterer, you say? Try and sneak in ... I love the get funky like anyone but I try not to give the guy money.

Now I will have 'Not Now James, We're Busy' stuck in my head all day and nothing to be done for it.

Yes, Baltimore, June. Woo-hoo! Shall we have an east coast meeting?

i'll go just to kick his ass. actually i'm sure the it's too pricey for my budget to handle at this point. damn kids. why must they eat?

we should do a major east coast thing. we need one of our resident camp activities counselor's to set one up. i suck at it. too bad ft doesn't live around here.

Perhaps it could be a valuable lesson for the munchkins: how to sneak into gigs. After you could hit the ramen noodles and they'll be so filled with euphoria that they won't notice that dinner cost thirty cents.

Edit: I too nominate someone else to organise an east coast thingy.

Ahhh.... Why not Montreal???

finally coming to denver AFTER i move from there to broomfield. *sigh*

ahhh c'mon now...it's just a 25 minute drive....