Badly Drawn Boy announces March tour

Fresh off the October release of his fifth studio album, titled Born in the U.K., English songsmith Damon Gough (a.k.a. Badly Drawn Boy) just announced a string of 18 show dates for March.

The brief tour will kick off at the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia and wrap up less than a month later at Richards on Richards in Vancouver. Tickets are available now through Badly Drawn Boy's official website or at Ticketmaster.com.

Tour dates include:

March
3 - Philadelphia PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
5 - Somerville MA @ Somerville Theatre
6 - Washington DC @ 9.30 Club
7 - New York NY @ Webster Hall
9 - Detroit MI @ Majestic Theatre
10 - Chicago IL @ Metro
11 - Minneapolis MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
13 - Nashville TN @ Exit/In
14 - Atlanta GA @ The Loft
16 - Austin TX @ Stubbs Bar-B-Q (outdoors-SXSW)
18 - Boulder CO @ Fox Theatre
19 - Salt Lake City UT @ Urban Lounge
21 - San Diego CA @ House of Blues
22 - Los Angeles CA @ El Rey Theatre
23 - San Francisco CA @ Great American Music Hall
25 - Portland OR @ Aladdin Theatre
26 - Seattle WA @ Neumo's
27 - Vancouver BC @ Richards on Richards

Though several of the venues tout a "special guest," Gough has yet to offer any clues as to who that elusive someone may be.

In other Badly Drawn news, the Brit’s latest single, namely "A Journey From A to B," will be released on February 19, 2007 by Astralwerks. To listen to this song or to an exclusive online EP featuring three tracks from Born in the U.K, visit Gough's homepage.

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