José González launches green tour

Okay, so it's easy to make fun of entertainers who try to "go green." Very easy. But to paraphrase the eternal wisdom of Ian MacKaye and Minor Threat, at least some folks are friggin' trying. What the hell have you done, wise-cracking pundits?

So let's give José González a round of applause for stepping up to the plate and embarking on an eco-conscious journey of North America this coming Leap Day. González will team with Reverb, an organization that specializes in helping rock stars negate the carbon footprint that their tour schedules create. The group's clients include the Dave Matthews Band, Aimee Mann and Stars.

For González's tour, Reverb will provide biodegradable catering products (no more of those styrofoam burger containers for you, José!), reusable water bottles, and support for renewable energy initiatives to offset all of that tour-bus fuel and venue electricity usage. It will cost fans an extra 50 cents per ticket, but come on, you'd have to be pretty cheap to refuse to chip in for the good fight against global warming.

Dates:

February
29 - Miami, Fla. @ Airtime Theater

March
1 - Orlando, Fla. @ The Social
2 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Variety Playhouse
3 - Chapel Hill, N.C. @ Great Hall (UNC)
4 - Asheville, N.C. @ Orange Peel
5 - Washington, D.C. @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
6 - New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5 (PLUG Awards)
7 - Tarrytown, N.Y. @ The Tarrytown Music Hall
8 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ World Cafe
9 - Morgantown, W.V. @ WVU Creative Arts Center
11 - New York, N.Y. @ Highline Ballroom
12 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
13 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise
14 - Montreal, Quebec @ Musee Juste Pour Rire
15 - Toronto, Ontario @ Phoenix
17 - Chicago, Ill. @ Lakeshore Theater
18 - Milwaukee, Wisc. @ Pabst Theatre
19 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Graham Chapel (Wash. U)
20 - Omaha, Neb. @ Sokol Underground
21 - Boulder, Colo. @ Fox Theatre
22 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Union Ballroom (U. of Utah)
24 - San Diego, Calif. @ San Diego Women's Club
25 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Wiltern
27 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore Auditorium
28 - Portland, Ore. @ The Aladdin Theatre
29 - Seattle, Wash. @ The Triple Door
30 - Seattle, Wash. @ The Triple Door
31 - Vancouver, B.C. @ St. Andrew's Wesley United