Pitchfork: Kaiser Chiefs Extend Tour, Cancel Shows

Far be it from the Kaiser Chiefs to deviate from American stereotypes of the English. On the contrary, the young Brits fit right into them: polite, and too cool for school. According to their website's special U.S. version (aww), they're canceling two East Coast shows as a result of "the incredible reaction to our album in the UK." And exactly what kind of "incredible reaction" justifies this break in plans? Well, their debut album, Employment, just went platinum. In the British recording industry this only means 300,000 copies sold, unlike an American platinum record, but it's still disturbingly huge. We mean that in a nice way.

Though there's no indication as to just how those two valuable days will now be spent, neglected kids in Philadelphia and Richmond can console themselves that at least the Chiefs had the good sense not to pull an Axl and simply not tell anybody. See? Polite. They do promise to hit those cities sometime in the near future, but for now it might be easier to pack up and head to one of the other thousand shows they're playing this summer. Hello, Cleveland!

05-22 *CANCELLED* Richmond, VA - Shockoe Bottom (Y101 Birthday Bash)
05-24 *CANCELLED* Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of Living Arts *
05-25 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony *
05-27 Montreal, QUE - Club Soda *
05-29 Toronto, ONT - Mod Club *
05-31 Chicago, IL - Park West *
06-01 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
06-03 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
06-04 Seattle, WA - White River Ampitheatre
06-05 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom*
06-10 San Francisco, CA - Mountain View Amphitheatre
06-11 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
06-12 San Diego, CA - House Of Blues *
06-17 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival
06-21 New York, NY - House of Blue
06-25 Somerset, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-02 Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium (w/ the Killers) %
07-05 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-07 Berlin, Germany - Olympic Stadium (w/ Snow Patrol) %
07-09 Kildare, Ireland - Oxygen Festival
07-10 Kinross, Scotland - Balado (T in the Park)
07-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Arena (w/ the Killers) %
07-20 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of Living Arts *
07-21 New York, NY - Webster Hall
07-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
07-23 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza Festival
07-29 Nigata, Japan - Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
07-30 Nigata, Japan - Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
07-31 Nigata, Japan - Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
08-05 Haldern, Germany - Haldern Festival
08-06 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
08-07 Barcelona, Spain - Nou Camp Stadium (w/ Keane) %
08-09 San Sebastian, Spain - Estadio de Anoeta (w/ Franz Ferdinand) %
08-11 Madrid, Spain - Estadio Vicente Calderon (w/ Franz Ferdinand) %
08-14 Lisbon, Portugal - Alvalade %
08-20 Chelmsford, England - V Festival
08-21 Stafford, England - V Festival

* w/ OK Go
% w/ U2

href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-04/11.shtml#kaiser">Kaiser Chiefs Plan Massive Summer Tour
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