Iron & Wine announces spring tour dates

Google the phrase "Sam Beam looks like." Just do it.

Now that you've had a good laugh at the expense of the extremely talented singer/songerwriter (And really, what's wrong with you?), let's get down to business. Today, via Iron & Wine's MySpace blog, Beam (or, more likely, Beam's manager) announced that the group will partake of a brief, eight-date tour this April.

For those of you outside of Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Kentucky, go ahead and begin the requisite fan begging for more dates/towns/venues in the comment section of the blog, because Beam won't be seeing you this go-round. He's lived his life in the South, and in the South he'll remain for this tour. (Expect that one date up in Michigan. Technicalities!)

Last year, Beam released his third studio album, The Shepherd's Dog, to much critical acclaim. Not only did the album debut at number 24 on the Billboard 200 chart, but it was also named the tenth best album of the year by none other than the very magazine that this here website belongs to.

Get ready for the upcoming mini-tour by watching the following music video of "Boy With A Coin," and then head over here to purchase tickets - but hurry! It's a pre-sale, and there are only a limited number currently available for the taking.

Southern Comfort:

April:
9 - New Orleans, La. @ House of Blues
10 - Tallahassee, Fla. @ The Moon FSU
11 - Orlando, Fla. @ The Plaza Theatre
12 - Ft Lauderdale, Fla. @ Revolution Live
13 - Jacksonville, Fla. @ Freebird Live
14 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Variety Playhouse
19 - Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Calvin College Fine Arts Center
20 - Louisville, Ky. @ Headliners Music Hall

Related links:
Paste: Signs of Life 2007 : Best Music
Paste: Review of Iron & Wine "The Shepherd's Dog"
Iron & Wine on Myspace

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