Saturday, 24 May 2008

Mates Of State gear up for US tour

Mates Of State are gearing up for their forthcoming US tour with a warm-up show tonight in their home state of Connecticut.

The duo are preparing for the release of their fifth album �??Re-Arrange Us�??, which comes out Tuesday (May 20), and will launch the album with a performance on Late Night With Conan O�??Brien on the day of the release.

The tour proper kicks off May 22 in San Francisco.

The dates are:

New Haven, CT Toad's Place (May 16)
San Francisco, CA Slim's (22)
Bend, OR Les Schwab Amphitheater (24)
Sasquatch Festival, Washington Gorge Amphitheater (25)
Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater (28)
Lawrence, KS Wakarusa Music Festival (6)
Omaha, NE The Slowdown (7)
St. Louis, MO The Bluebird (8)
Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Ballroom (10)
Dallas, TX Granada Theatre (11)
Austin, TX Emo's Alternative Lounge (13)
Little Rock, AR Rev Room (14)
Memphis, TN Hi-Tone (15)
Newport, KY Southgate House (17)
Pittsburgh, PA Mr.Small's Theatre (18)
Philadelphia, PA Popped! Music Festival (21)
Pemberton, BC Pemberton Festival (25)
Chicago, IL Lollapalooza-Grant Park (August 1)
Liberty State Park, NJ All Points West Festival (8)
Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival (September 26)

--By our New York staff.
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