Decemberists set for Bridesmaid tour in November

The Decemberists made us very happy in 2006, and the wealth of tour dates that followed certainly didn't hurt. But it had been a quiet 2008 for the band, now at work on a follow-up to The Crane Wife, until we got wind of Always the Bridesmaid: The Singles Series. The series—which, as we reported before, includes an “amorous” nod to Valerie Plame—begins to roll out on Oct. 14, and the band has announced a bundle of new dates to go with it.

Especially for those whose hopes to see the band were cut short last year, here are the dates for the Bridesmaid Revisited Tour 2008:

November
5 - New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5 *
6 - Boston, Mass. @ The Orpheum *
7 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Electric Factory *
8 - Baltimore, Md. @ Ram’s Head Live *
9 - Ithaca, N.Y. @ Barton Hall, Cornell University *
11 - Montclair, N.J. @ Wellmont Theatre *
24 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Wiltern *
25 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Warfield Theatre *
29 - Portland, Ore. @ Crystal Ballroom *
30 - Seattle, Wash. @ The Moore Theatre *

* With Loch Lomond

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