My Morning Jacket slips into touring outfit
My Morning Jacket will follow its coming European road trip with an extensive North American tour as the group lines up support behind its forthcoming new studio LP.
The tour kicks off Aug. 16 in Louisville, KY, hitting 25 cities on a trek that winds into October. The outing follows a summer European run, as well as various one-offs and festival appearances in June and July, including the band's next appearance, a June 13 slot at Manchester, TN's Bonnaroo Festival.
North American dates are listed below; the international schedule can be found at the group's website.
"Evil Urges," My Morning Jacket's fifth studio album, is scheduled to drop June 10 via ATO Records. The disc adds funk beats and synthesizers to the band's typical psychedelic southern-rock sound, according to various interviews.
"On the first listen, there's a lot of variety in a lot of different places, but I think after repeated listens, hopefully the listener would understand the similarities more than the differences," frontman Jim James recently told MTV News.
The new record follows MMJ's 2006 live set, "Okonokos," which features 21 tracks and is accompanied by a DVD concert film of the same name. My Morning Jacket's most recent studio offering, "Z," was named the best album of 2005 by LiveDaily's critics.
June 2008
13 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
16 - Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
17 - Montreal, Quebec - Le National
20 - New York City, NY - Radio City Music Hall
July 2008
26 - Whistler, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival
August 2008
16 - Louisville, KY - Waterfront Park
18 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
19 - Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove
21 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater (w/ The Black Keys)
23 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
24 - Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
27 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
29 - Miami, FL - Jackie Gleason Theater
30 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
31 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
September 2008
2 - Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion
3 - Washington, DC - Constitution Hall
5 - Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier
6 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
19 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
21 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
23 - Tempe, AZ - The Marquee
24 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
25 - San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theater
27 - Portland, OR - McMenamins Edgefield
28 - Seattle, WA - McCaw Hall
October 2008
2 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
3 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
4 - Detroit, MI - Fillmore
9, 10 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
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