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O.A.R. preps for long summer trek

Published July 18, 2008 02:07 PM

By Tjames Madison / LiveDaily Contributor

Veteran college-rock favorites O.A.R. [ tickets ] are set to launch a long summer tour behind their latest studio set, "All Sides," which hit stores earlier this week.

The band's tour begins tonight (7/18) in St, Louis, MO, the first of nearly 40 dates the group has lined up on a tour that extends into October. After its Midwestern start, the outing will move to the East Coast for a mid-summer run before finishing up in the South.

Ticketing information for specific dates can be found at the band's website, and the complete itinerary is included below.

"All Sides," which hit stores July 15, is O.A.R.'s sixth studio album and first since 2005's "Stories of a Stranger." The group plans on unveiling the new set's material during the upcoming tour.

"We're not playing any of the new songs until this summer tour starts," frontman Marc Roberge told LiveDaily recently. "We're trying to keep it under wraps until we can get them all rehearsed and ready to go.

"[Plus] you know what happens: you start playing these songs and road testing them out there and people get their own idea of what they enjoy about the song. Then they get the record and they don't necessarily connect with it. They're connecting with the version you played a few months ago. What we're trying to do is get the kinks out privately during soundchecks so that when we do start playing them, they're really consistent with the record and really consistent with where we're at currently."

[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.]

July 2008
18 - St. Louis, MO - Solder's Memorial
19 - Denver, CO - Mile High Music Festival
20 - Bonner Springs, KS - Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
22 - Sioux Falls, SD - Washington Pavilion
24 - Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavilion
25 - Rochester Hills, MI - Meadow Brook Music Festival
26 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
27 - Portsmouth, VA - nTELOS Wireless Pavilion
30 - Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier, Penn's Landing
31 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Hotel & Casino

August 2008
1 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
2 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
5 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
8 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
9 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
10 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
12 - Cincinnati, OH - National City Pavilion
14 - Cleveland, OH - Lifestyles Communities Pavilion
15 - Indianapolis, IN - White River State Park
16 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
17 - Rochester, NY - Frontier Field
29-31 - George, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre

September 2008
11 - Portland, ME - Merrill Auditorium
12 - Burlington, VT - Memorial Auditorium
13 - Utica, NY - Utica Memorial Auditorium
15 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
17 - Louisville, KY - Louisville Palace
18 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Coliseum
20 - Charleston, SC - Family Circle Magazine Stadium
23 - Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion
24 - Charlotte, NC - Cricket Arena
26 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheater
27 - Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
30 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall

October 2008
2 - Orlando, FL - UCF Arena
3 - Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheater
4 - St. Augustine, FL - Augustine Amphitheater