This Week’s Touring News

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This Weeks Touring News tour dates Photo by kris krüg

New tour dates have been announced for Spoon, Four Tet, Rogue Wave, The Magnetic Fields, Little Dragon, and jj (with The xx). Full dates after the jump:

Spoon

12-03 Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
12-04 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre #
12-11 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
12-12 La Jolla, CA – RIMAC Arena $
12-31 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre !

# with Phoenix, Passion Pit
* with Black Joe Lewis
$ with Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, White Rabbits, Manchester Orchestra
! with Jay Reatard

Four Tet

02-17 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge *
02-18 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs *
02-19 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *
02-20 Austin, TX – The Mohawk *
02-23 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey *
02-24 Vancouver, British Columbia – Biltmore Cabaret *
02-25 Portland, OR – Doug Fir *
02-26 San Francisco, CA – The Independent *
02-27 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex *

* with Nathan Fake

Rogue Wave

03-01 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
03-02 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
03-03 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
03-04 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church Sanctuary
03-05 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
03-06 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
03-08 Atlanta, GA – The Loft
03-09 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
03-10 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
03-13 Orlando, FL – The Social
03-15 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
03-16 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
03-17 Dallas, TX – The Loft
04-07 Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre
04-09 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
04-10 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
04-13 Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
04-14 Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
04-15 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Café
04-16 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
04-17 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
04-20 Columbia, MO – Mojo’s
04-21 Tulsa, OK – Bobs at Cain’s
04-23 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
04-24 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
04-27 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
04-29 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
04-30 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore

The Magnetic Fields

02-04 Washington, DC – Lisner Auditorium
02-06 Montreal, Quebec – Corona Theatre
02-08 Toronto, Ontario – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
02-10 Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
02-11 Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
02-13 Brooklyn, NY – BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
02-21 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
02-22 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
02-23 Seattle, WA – Town Hall
02-24 Seattle, WA – Town Hall
02-27 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
03-01 San Francisco, CA – Herbst Theatre
03-02 Los Angeles, CA – Wilshire Ebell Theatre
03-04 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre
03-05 Bloomington, IN – Buskirk Chumley Theater
03-06 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
03-07 Chicago, IL – Harris Theater at Millennium Park
03-10 New York, NY – Town Hall
03-11 New York, NY – Town Hall
03-22 London, England – Barbican Centre

Little Dragon

11-25 Carrboro, NC – Local 506
11-27 Birmingham, AL – BottleTree
11-28 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
11-29 Dallas, TX – House of Blues (Pontiac Garage)
11-30 Austin, TX – Emo’s Jr.
12-02 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
12-03 San Diego, CA – Casbah
12-04 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
12-07 London, England – Rhythm Factory
12-08 Leeds, England – HiFi Club
12-09 Brighton, England – Jam
12-17 Prague, Czech Republic – Palác Akropolis

jj w/ The xx

03-22 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon #
03-24 Atlanta, GA – The Earl #
03-25 Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle #
03-28 Washington, DC – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue #
03-29 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church Sanctuary #
04-05 Columbus, OH – Wexner Center #
04-06 Bloomington, IN – Buskirk-Chumley Theater #

# with the xx

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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

Keso November 25, 2009 at 4:38 pm

jj with xx? I need to goto USA!

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kayehbee November 26, 2009 at 8:50 pm

i feel your sentiments, precisely jj and xx is too good to be true almost

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kk+ November 25, 2009 at 11:43 pm

thx for usin my pic! *highfive*

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Luis Tovar November 26, 2009 at 12:37 am

it’s awesome :)

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