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Thao Nguyen and her Get Down Stay Down backing band will hit the road this summer in support of their Kill Rock Stars debut, We Brave Bee Stings and All. This marks Thao and company's first headlining tour, and their opening acts include Horse Feathers, David Schultz and the Skyline, Pepi Ginsberg, and Tune-Yards.

The tour kicks off this weekend in Columbus, Ohio and continues across the U.S. for a month afterward.

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down:

07-19 Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon Street *
07-20 Cincinnati, OH - Northside Tavern *
07-21 Louisville, KY - Skull Alley *
07-22 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway *
07-23 Des Moines, IA - The Houes of Bricks *
07-24 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
07-25 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
07-26 Stanley, ID - Pioneer Park
07-29 Portland, OR - Holocene #
07-31 San Francisco, CA - The Independent #
08-01 Irvine, CA - Phoenix Grille at UC Irvine #
08-02 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour #
08-03 San Diego, CA - Casbah #
08-04 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture #
08-05 Lubbock, TX - Bash Riprock's #
08-06 Austin, TX - Emo's #
08-07 Dallas, TX - Club Dada #
08-08 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Music Hall $
08-09 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle $
08-11 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse $%
08-12 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place $%
08-13 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom $%
08-14 Washington, DC - Black Cat $%
08-30 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09-29 Upland, IN - Taylor University

* with Tune-Yards
# with Horse Feathers
$ with David Schultz and the Skyline
% with Pepi Ginsberg