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Omaha, Nebraska's Cursive have announced plans to take their beer/tear-fueled rock show on the road this spring. Coming so closely on the heels of their just-completed winter tour that if you take the time to Febreze the smoke out of your cardigan after the last one, you'll completely miss the traditional hiatus period before this brand new emo-hued outing gets underway. Kickin' off in their stomping ground of Omaha and ending up a month and a half later in Dallas, the 36-date tour will find Cursive supporting their new full-length, The Ugly Organ, due out March 3rd on Saddle Creek.

According to the 'Creek site, the new album "stands not only as Cursive's most commanding performance to date: It is one of the most uncompromising and exciting pieces of music you're likely to hear in 2003." Among the scheduled openers on the tour are openers are San Diego quartet No Knife, Virginian prettyboys Engine Down, slippery math nerds Minus the Bear, No Idea toughguys Small Brown Bike, and those textural soundscapists The Appleseed Cast. That's right, John Q. Scenester: This is one you won't soon forget. (Please see the extensive hieroglyphics key at the bottom of this story to determine the correct line-up for your town.) Dates:

03-15 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium (w/Desaparecidos)
03-18 Minneapolis, MN - Ascot Room *
03-19 Milwaukee, WI - The Globe *
03-20 Chicago, IL - Metro *^
03-21 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre ^%
03-22 Columbus, OH - Little Brothers ^%
03-23 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero ^%
03-24 Cambridge, MA - Sommerville Theatre ^%
03-25 Brooklyn, NY - North Six ^%
03-26 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^%
03-27 Washington, DC - Black Cat ^%
03-28 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle ^%#
03-29 Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall %#
03-31 Tampa, FL - State Theatre %#
04-01 Miami, FL - I/O %#
04-02 Orlando, FL - Firestone %#
04-03 Atlanta, GA - Echo Lounge %#
04-04 Nashville, TN - Exit Inn %#
04-05 St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl &
04-06 Columbia, MO - TBA &
04-14 Kansas City, MO - El Torreon &
04-15 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre &
04-16 Salt Lake City, UT - TBA &
04-18 Seattle, WA - Graceland &
04-19 Portland, OR - Meow Meow &
04-21 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill &
04-22 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall &
04-24 Pomona, CA - Glass House &
04-25 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre &
04-26 San Diego, CA - The Scene &
04-27 Tuscon, AZ - Club Congress &
04-28 Tempe, AZ - TBA &
04-29 El Paso, TX - Club 101 &
05-01 Austin, TX - Emo's &
05-02 Houston, TZ - Fat Cat's (fka Mary Jane's) &
05-03 Dallas, TX - Trees Lounge &

* w/Small Brown Bike
^ w/No Knife
% w/Minus the Bear
# w/Engine Down
& w/the Appleseed Cast