Modest Mouse adds tour dates

photo by Pat Graham

Update: New tour dates added below in bold.

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Modest Mouse has announced a rather, um, modest (sorry!) string of tour dates for late February and early March before helping headline the Langerado Festival in Miami on March 8. The indie-rock-trio-turned-radio-hit-making-sextet slowed down a bit in 2008 after a wild 2007, but have still managed to tour the country with R.E.M. and wrangle Grandaddy's Jim Fairchild to play guitar on the new tour dates. He'll be taking the place of Johnny Marr, who is working with The Cribs on their forthcoming album.

They'll be touring with Mimicking Birds, the latest band signing to frontman Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace label.

Tickets are on sale today.

February

20 - Eugene, Ore. @ McDonald Theatre
21 - Chico, Calif. @ Senator Theatre
22 - Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theater

23 - Visalia, Calif. @ The Fox Theatre

24 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Palladium

25 - Tempe, Ariz. @ The Marquee

26 - Albuquerque, N.M. @ Albuquerque Convention Center

28 - Boulder, Colo. @ Blach Fieldhouse

March

2 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Uptown Theater

3 - Oklahoma City, Okla. @ Diamond Ballroom

4 - Austin, Tex. @ Stubb's

6 - Oxford, Miss. @ The Lyric Oxford

7 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The Tabernacle

~~8 - Miami, Fla. @ Langerado Festival~~ (see here)
9 - Lake Buena Vista, Fla. @ House of Blues
10 - Myrtle Beach, S.C. @ House of Blues
11 - Raleigh, N.C. @ Disco Rodeo
12 - Baltimore, Md. @ Ram's Head
13 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
14 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Electric Factory
15 - New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5

Related links:

Cover Story: Modest Mouse: 20,000 Leagues Under Normalcy

News: Modest Mouse schedules post-R.E.M. dates with Brass Band

ModestMouse.com

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