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Weezer's Brian Bell has plenty on his plate, what with a new album, the band's forthcoming North American tour, tomorrow's shoot for their fan-friendly video for "Troublemaker", his appearance in that star-studded Malkmus clip, and, of course, the trials and tribulations that come with being the cutest member of a band that inspires a whole lot of schoolyard crushes.

But an upswing in all things Weezer and beyond isn't stopping Bell from maintaining a committed Relationship. Indeed, Bell's band the Relationship-- which, real talk, is quite a good name for a band-- will perform their very first show ever, this coming weekend (if you don't count a few tunes Bell played at Salt Lake City's Kilby Court in late 2006). It's this Saturday (August 23) at Molly Malone's in Los Angeles.

The Relationship's MySpace promises an album is on its way, and more tour dates are coming up fast, too. In fact, Bell will play double duty on a trio of dates on Weezer's fall tour, as the Relationship will join Tokyo Police Club and Angels & Airwaves in the opening slot at three Cali Weezer shows.



The Relationship:

08-23 Los Angeles, CA - Molly Malone's
10-13 San Jose, CA - San Jose State Event Center *
10-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Great Western Forum *
10-17 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena *

* with Weezer

Weezer:

09-13 Osaka, Japan - Intex Hall
09-15 Tokyo, Japan - Yoyogi Arena
09-23 Boston, MA - Tsongas Arena *
09-24 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
09-26 Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Casino *
09-27 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center *
09-29 Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills *
09-30 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Center *
10-02 Rosemont, IL - All State Arena *
10-03 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Arena *
10-05 Denver, CO - Broomfield *
10-07 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center *
10-09 Portland OR - Memorial Coliseum *
10-10 Vancouver, British Columbia - GM Place *
10-11 Seattle, WA - Key Arena *
10-13 San Jose, CA - San Jose State Event Center *!
10-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum *!
10-17 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena *!
10-18 Phoenix, AZ - Arizona State Fair *
10-20 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center *
10-21 Dallas, TX - Nokia Theater *
10-23 Houston, TX - Reliant Arena *
10-25 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Arena *

* with Tokyo Police Club, Angels & Airwaves
! with the Relationship