Broken Social Scene gets behind 'All of Us'

Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene has extended its upcoming "For All of Us" tour into the fall.

The outing, which supports co-founder Brendan Canning's debut solo effort, kicks off this weekend at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. The band is scheduled to hit a slate of US and Canadian festivals in August, and then visit clubs and theaters from the Midwest to the East Coast in October. Details are included below.

The tour will feature Broken Social Scene as a seven-piece including band staples Canning, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Apostle of Hustle's Andrew Whiteman, Sam Goldberg and Leon Kingstone.

Canning's new set, "Something for All of Us ...," is the second release in the "Broken Social Scene Presents" series on the band's own Arts & Crafts label. As expected, fellow BSS bandmates accompany Canning on the album, as well as contributors including Lisa Lobsinger, Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies, Lou Reed), Liz Powell (Land Of Talk) and Liam O'Neil (The Stills).

"This record, for me, is not a huge departure from what we do as BSS," Canning explained in a statement. "It's a natural progression really, and these songs will certainly be a part of the live performances to come, as Broken Social Scene."

The album, which dropped last week, follows last year's "Broken Social Scene Presents" offering, "Spirit If ...," helmed by Kevin Drew. The upcoming tour will also feature material from that record, as well as BSS's back catalog.

Drew and Canning formed the Juno-winning collective in 1999. Broken Social Scene's latest release outside of the "Presents" series is its 2005 self-titled set, which cracked The Billboard 200 and landed in the Top 10 on the independent albums chart.

TOUR DATES
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August 2008
2 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
2 - Chicago, IL - Metro
4 - Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
8 - Regina, Saskatchewan - Regina Folk Festival
10 - Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Folk Music Festival
15 - Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Folk Festival
21 - Salt Lake City, UT - Twilight Concert Series
22 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
23 - Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Junction Street Festival
24 - San Francisco, CA - San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival

October 2008
8 - Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College
11 - Madison, WI - Wisconsin Union Theatre
13 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
14 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
16 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
17 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
18 - St. Louis, MO - The Gargoyle
19 - Urbana, IL - Foellinger Auditorium
21 - Richmond, VA - Toad's Place
22 - Falls Church, VA - The State Theatre
24 - Brooklyn, NY - Masonic Temple
25 - Brunswick, ME - Bowdoin College
26 - Boston, MA - The Wilbur Theatre

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