Motion City Soundtrack stays busy on the road

Indie rockers Motion City Soundtrack will spend the rest of the summer touring behind their latest release, "Even If It Kills Me."

Between headlining jaunts and a stint on the Vans Warped Tour, the Minneapolis-bred quintet is scheduled to visit US cities from coast to coast and a few Canadian provinces through mid-September. Motion City Soundtrack's in-progress outing--featuring The Spill Canvas, Sing It Loud and Treaty of Paris on select dates--continues Saturday (7/19) in Edmonton, Alberta.

When that trek wraps next week, MCS will segue into a three-week run on the Warped Tour. The guys will join another slate of bands in September, when they kick off the "Left Handed Forms of Human Endeavor Tour," which includes Margot & the Nuclear So and Sos, Dear and the Headlights, The Hard Lessons, The Silent Years, I Was Totally Destroying It, and To Reinvent on select dates. Lineup details are available at Motion City Soundtrack's website, and the band's current tour itinerary is listed below.

MCS' third studio album, "Even If It Kills Me," surfaced last September and shot to No. 1 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart. Several songs from the set, produced by Cars frontman Ric Ocasek and Fountain of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, are streaming at the group's MySpace page.

In May, Motion City Soundtrack put out a five-song EP comprising acoustic versions of tunes from the new album. That set is available exclusively at Apple's iTunes store.

MCS also appears on the two-disc "Vans Warped Tour '08" compilation CD, which hit stores last month.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
 tour dates and tickets
July 2008
19 - Edmonton, Alberta - The Starlite Room
20 - Regina, Saskatchewan - Riddell Hall
21 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Garrick Centre
23 - Sioux Falls, SD - Ramkota Exhibit Hall
24 - Duluth, MN - Grandma's Sports Garden
25 - Green Bay, WI - Riverside Ballroom
26 - Traverse City, MI - Streeters
29 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake*
30 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center*
31 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center*

August 2008
1 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater*
2 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre*
3 - Shakopee, MN - Canterbury Park*
5 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre*
6 - Calgary, Alberta - Race City Speedway*
8 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center*
9 - George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre*
10 - St. Helens, OR - Columbia Meadows*
13 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center*
14 - Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre*
15 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre*
16 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre*
17 - Carson, CA - The Home Depot Center*

September 2008
4 - East Lansing, MI - MSU Auditorium
6 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Cafe
7 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
8 - Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
10 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
11 - Charleston, SC - The Music Farm
12 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
13 - Gainesville, FL - Real Big Deal Festival
15 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
17 - Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
18 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
19 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall

*Dates on Vans Warped Tour


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