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Manchester Orchestra is not an orchestra.

Manchester Orchestra is not from Manchester.

The first rule about Manchester Orchestra is you don't talk about Manchester Orchestra.

Ahem, our apologies.

Manchester Orchestra is actually set to head out on tour with L.A.'s Say Anything, kicking off their road trip March 13 in Hollywood, Calif. The band is still basking in the glow left by I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child, which was originally released in 2006 on Favorite Gentlemen, then re-released last year on Canvasback. It's the very album that got them on The Late Show With David Letterman:

Performance addicts, perhaps, the Atlantans met their 2007 goal of playing over 200 live shows, all while doing stints with the likes of Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brand New, Saves The Day and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Now, they're shaping up to beat that record, following their Say Anything tour with a stop at Coachella.

Manchester Orchestratin':

March
13 - Hollywood, Calif. @ The Avalon
14 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Filmore
15 - Portland, Ore. @ Hawthorne Theatre
16 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos
18 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ In The Venue
19 - Denver, Colo. @ Cervantes
21 - Chicago, Ill. @ House of Blues
22 - Detroit, Mich. @ St Andrews Hall
25 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Diesel
26 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ TLA
27 - New Haven, Conn. @ Toad's Place
28 - Worcester, Mass. @ Palladium
29 - New York, N.Y. @ Nokia Live
30 - Towson, Md. @ Recher Theatre

April
1 - Norfolk, Va. @ Norva
2 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cats Cradle
8 - Houston, Texas @ Warehouse Live
9 - Austin, Texas @ La Zona Rosa
10 - Edmond, Okla. @ Plunkett Park
12 - Tempe, Ariz. @ Clubhouse
13 - San Diego, Calif. @ House of Blues
14 - Pomona, Calif. @ Glasshouse

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TheManchesterOrchestra.com
Manchester Orchestra on MySpace
Paste: 4 to Watch - Manchester Orchestra: Polaroids and Providence

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As we previously reported, the Atlanta natives of Manchester Orchestra have been on tour this fall. Now, the indie-rock group has extended its North American tour all the way through Nov. 20, co-headlining with Annuals. The Georgia boys have also teamed up with Annuals to produce a limited edition 7-inch, in which both bands cover each other’s songs. The album is only being sold at the shows, though, so you best get tickets if you want a chance to hear this unique collaboration.

For those who won’t be able to catch Manchester's live act, the band is scheduled to perform on Late Night With Conan O'Brien on Halloween night. And in other news, Sam Erickson, who has previously worked with My Morning Jacket and Dave Matthews, has filmed a documentary on the band called What’s Left Behind. The film follows Manchester Orchestra as the band tours around the south for a week. No news on when the doc is set to come out.

New Manchester Orchestra tour dates:

October
26 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Drunken Unicorn
27 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat’s Cradle
28 - Washington, D.C. @ Rock & Roll Hotel
30 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Northstar
31 - New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom

November
1 - Boston, Mass. @ Great Scott
2 -Montreal, Quebec @ Le Gymnase
3 - Toronto, Ontario @ Mod Club
5 - Detroit, Mich. @ Shelter
6 - Chicago, Ill. @ Subterranean
7 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Varsity
10 - Seattle, Wash. @ Crocodile Cafe
11 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Plaza Club
12 - Portland, Ore. @ Doug Fir Lounge
14 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Bottom of the Hill
15 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Troubadour
16 - San Diego, Calif. @ Epicentre
17 - Tempe, Ariz. @ Clubhouse
19 - Denver, Colo. @ Hi-Drive
20 - Lawrence, Kan. @ The Bottleneck

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TheManchesterOrchestra.com
Paste: 4 to Watch: Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra on MySpace

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Atlanta indie rockers Manchester Orchestra soon joins Kings of Leon and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on tour in September, amid scattered bunchings of headlining gigs and festivals. Notably, the band will make its television debut on Sept. 6 in a wacky sitcom starring Mike O’Malley and David Hyde Pierce on Late Night with David Letterman.

Manchester Orchestra's debut album, I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child, was released last year on Favorite Gentlemen Records.

August
14 - Vienna, Va @ Jammin Java
15 - Philidelphia, Penn. @ Northstar
16 - Knitting Factory @ New York, NY
23 - London, UK @ Barfly
24 - Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
25 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival

September
4 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Warfield Theatre#
7 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Greek Theatre#
8 - San Diego, Calif. @ SDSU Open Air#
10 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Marquee#
11 - Las Vegas, Calif. @ The Joint#
12 - Houston, Texas @ Warehouse live Studio
13 - Dallas, Texas @ The Loft
14 - Austin, Texas @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
19 - New York, N.Y. @ Radio City Music Hall#
28 - Boston, Mass. @ The Orpheum Theatre#
29 - Providence, R.I. @ Lupos#
21 - Glasgow, UK @ Nice N Sleazys
22 - Dublin, Ireland @ Crawdaddy
23 - Manchester, UK @ Night & Day Café
24 - Birmingham, UK @ Bar Academy
25 - London, UK @ Islington Academy

October
3 - Baltimore, Md. @ Rams Head Live#
4 - Detroit, Mich. @ The State Theatre#
9 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The Fox Theatre #
10 - Birmingham, Ala. @ The Alabama Theatre#
18 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Ryman Auditorium
19 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Ryman Auditorium#

# w/ Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

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TheManchesterOrchestra.com
Manchester Orchestra on Myspace

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Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Members [L-R]: Andy Hull (vocals, guitar), Chris Freeman (keyboards), Robert McDowell (guitar), Jeremiah Edmond (drums), Jonathan Corley (bass)
Fun Fact: Hull and Corley began collaborating in 8th grade, when they penned the epic “Braves Baseball 1994.”
Why They’re Worth Watching: The maturity and conceptual depth of 20-year-old frontman Hull’s songwriting are years beyond his age, and the band’s current lineup has the chemistry, chops and personality to deftly pull off his tunes.
For Fans Of: Pedro the Lion, The Weakerthans, early Radiohead

A striking image graces the cover of Manchester Orchestra’s debut LP, I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child. It’s a young woman glancing up for a split second, frozen in time, her mysterious gaze momentarily trained on the camera as she unpacks her suitcase on her honeymoon night. Drummer Jeremiah Edmond accidentally stumbled on the faded color photograph years ago, after purchasing what he thought was a shoebox full of random pictures at a thrift store.

It turns out, though, that the pictures actually catalog the entire young life—birth, school, graduation, the military and marriage—of a man named James Edward Timmerman. The woman on the album cover is his wife. The picture of her (from the late ’50s) is the last photo in the chronology, and when the band saw it for the first time, it was as if hundreds of tiny flashbulbs went off in their minds; In a chillingly perfect way, the image paralleled the nakedly personal coming-of-age/lost-innocence songs singer/guitarist Andy Hull had been writing.

“The last line on the record is ‘we can’t believe without bleeding,’” says Hull, “and I think that sums it up, like, you can’t really understand life until you’ve gone through everything. And the line, ‘I’m like a virgin losing a child,’ that’s her. For me, this [photo] represents the beginning and the end. She looks up and it’s like, ‘is she sad or is she excited?’”

“And it’s also cool,” adds bassist Jonathan Corley, “that there could be an 80-year-old woman somewhere out there who walks into a record shop and picks up an album with herself on the cover… on her honeymoon.”