… “don’t stop til you get enough.” well, we’re not stopping til we’ve played every city, damnit! we can’t get enough!!! we’ve added two new dates in the UK for august (one of them opening for franz ferdinand at a reading/leeds warm up show…oh yeah!) and a bunch of shows in the midwest, down south and florida! yes, you floridians you, i said florida!! then back up the east coast to play the black cat in washington, dc on halloweeeeeeeen (where we are all going to be dressed as characters from our favorite tv show…hmmmmmm) we’ll also be hitting nyc for cmj and then heading to europe for a slew of dates that cover most of november. stay close for a big announcement with those dates! there’s also talk a-brewing about making it to japan/australia/new zealand in december. of course, as soon as we know…we’ll let you know!
right now we’re on tour with the futureheads and we’re really looking forward to pitchfork this weekend. what a sick lineup! here’s all our tour dates as of today:
w/Futureheads
07/27 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
07/28 Columbus, OH Newport
07/29 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Festival
08/02 Denver, CO Bluebird
08/03 Salt Lake City Club Sound
08/04 Las Vegas, NV Jillians
08/05 San Diego, CA Street Scene Fest – Qualcomm Stadium
UK DATES
08/22 London, UK Madam JoJo’s White Heat **
08/23 London, UK London Forum, with Franz Ferdinand **
08/24 Sheffield, UK The Plug
08/25 Leeds, UK Leeds Festival, Radio 1 Stage
08/27 Reading, UK Reading Festival, Radio 1 Stage
08/30 London, UK Dingwalls
08/31 Liverpool, UK Evol Club
09/01 Belfast, UK Club Radar
09/02 Dublin, IE Electric Picnic, Foggy Nations Stage
09/03 Glasgow, UK Indian Summer Festival
** Recently added
US DATES
10/19 Columbia, MO Mojo’s
10/21 Louisville, KY Phoenix Hill Tavern
10/22 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
10/24 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
10/25 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
10/26 Orlando, FL The Social
10/27 St. Augustine, FL Caf???� 11
10/28 Athens, GA Tasty World
10/29 Atlanta, GA The Loft
10/30 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
10/31 Washington, DC Black Cat
hope to see you at one, two or ten of the shows! we love to see all your beautiful faces!
in case you missed it, tapes ‘n tapes were on letterman this past tues. it was insane and we’ll save the stories for a proper post. but we do have some video of us playing on letterman from the hexagon bar (one of our favorite dives in mpls). check it out, the best part is the dude at the bar singing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic8qnhro0Xo
we love you,
tapes ‘n tapes