Built To Spill fuels up the tour bus for another epic trek :: Music News :: Articles

Back when Doug Martsch first started slinging his guitar with Built To Spill, musicians had to work to spread the gospel. None of this MySpace crap: you had to pile in the van with your smelly rhythm section and drive all over the country, hitting as many backwater outposts as you could to play dive bars and shop your album. Thank goodness for us that Martsch and his Built To Spill bandmates never grew out of that mindset. The band's touring schedule in support of 2006's You In Reverse was nothing short of Herculean, and now the group is hitting America's tangled web of highways once again in 2008. First, however, the band will plow its way through some Australian shows.

Many of the dates below have been popping up on various online concert sites over the past week. Word is that an official announcement should be arriving later today to fill in the gaps, as per the band's publicist. Until then, here's what we've compiled from Ticketmaster, JamBase, Pollstar and a few of the venue sites so far:

December
29 - Richmond, Australia @ Corner Hotel
30 - Lorne, Australia @ Falls Festival
31 - Marion Bay, Australia @ Falls Festival

January
2 - Brisbane, Australia @ The Zoo
3 - Sydney, Australia @ Metro Theatre
5 - Busselton, Australia @ Southbound

February
22 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Echoplex
23 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Echoplex
24 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Fillmore
25 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Fillmore
27 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ The Depot
28 - Englewood, Colo. @ Gothic Theatre
29 - Oklahoma City, Okla. @ Diamond Balroom

March
1 - Fort Worth, Texas @ Ridglea Theater
2 - Austin, Texas @ Stubb’s
3 - Houston, Texas @ Warehouse Live
4 - New Orleans, La. @ Howlin' Wolf
5 - Gainesville, Fla. @ The Venue
6 - St. Petersburg, Fla. @ State Theatre
7 - Big Cypress, Fla. @ Langerado Music Festival
8 - Jacksonville, Fla. @ Freebird Live
10 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Neighborhood Theatre
11 - Asheville, N.C. @ The Orange Peel
12 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Variety Playhouse
13 - Knoxville, Tenn. @ Bijou Theatere
14 - Louisville, Ky. @ Headliners Music Hall
15 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Pageant
16 - Columbia, Mo. @ The Blue Note
17 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Madrid Theatre
19 - Albuquerque, N.M. @ The Launchpad
20 - Flagstaff, Ariz. @ Orpheum Theatre
21 - Solona Beach, Calif. @ Belly Up Tavern

Watch this space for additional tour dates. If you have any gigs to report that aren't listed here, just give the Paste news team a shout at the e-mail below.

UPDATE (14:46): We've just added some additional dates in italics.

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