Pitchfork

Tomorrow night, Britt Daniel's placing Spoon securely on hold as he takes to the state of Solana Beach, California's Belly Up Tavern for a rare solo show. But don't think for a second Britt's trading it all in for dreams of his given name in lights. Spoon's lined up a handful of new Stateside dates, including their return to Union Park as part of this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival, a date with Beck at the Hollywood Bowl, a Celebrate Brooklyn! appearance, and a newly added threepeat in San Francisco in late September.

When Britt's not enjoying a little space from his overbearing bandmates, he's helping to explain why he loves music in a new documentary and throwing a little weight behind Oregon Senatorial candidate Steve Novick. And, hey, did you know that recent Don't You Evah EP is currently perched at #3 on Billboard's singles sales chart after taking the top prize last week? (Prodigy is #1 this week. So that's OK.) Hey, this Spoon band is really going places!

Places like a little television program called "The Simpsons". A Spoon tune will appear in the Sunday, May 4 episode of the beloved show, entitled "Any Given Sundance". As the band write in their MySpace blog, "really, could there be a greater honor?" Perhaps only the Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.

Spoon:

05-03 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern (Britt Daniel solo)
06-13 Troutdale, Oregon - Edgefield Amphitheatre (Pet Aid 2008) %
07-15 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park *
07-19 Commerce City, CO - Mile High Festival
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) ^
09-20 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl !
09-22 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
09-23 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
09-24 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

% with Nada Surf, Presidents of the United States of America
* with Jay Reatard, Constantines
^ with Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, M. Ward, Ghostface and Raekwon, Les Savy Fav, the Apples in Stereo, Boris, Dirty Projectors, Times New Viking, Cut Copy, Bon Iver, the Dodos, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, King Khan & the Shrines, El Guincho, HEALTH, High Places, Mahjongg
! with Beck, MGMT