Pitchfork

[Posted Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003 05:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

The Constantines are extending their fall tour right on into November, according to the lads' legal guardians/trust fund custodians at Sub Pop. Specifically, The Constantines will be adding additional North American dates to their ongoing tour (hey, they're from Ontario; you can't blame them for wanting to tour Canada, too). Hopefully this time their drummer will stay away from those damned dirty fences. Don Caballero and Quasi, among others, will be joining them for some of the dates, which should make for some sick double-bills.

Constantines vocalist/guitarist Bryan Webb has been keeping a tour journal online on the group's Sub Pop homepage, with potentially lurid tour details along the lines of "We left Toronto yesterday and drove to The Sault. We couldn't get a show in the Sault, because the last time we were there, Will took some PCP and set off some fireworks in the police station. These things happen."

Or this jewel: "Seattle was a good time. Some Sub Pop executives took us out to dinner before the show and we ate things we had never heard of before. Dallas had the cherry glazed tri-tip with garlic mashed potatoes. The show was all right, but the softness of the Graceland stage made it sound like we were playing with mittens on. We woke up the next day and played an in-store, meeting very nice people and feeling very strange sweating all over the place while people were shopping." Ain't no thang, Bryan-- most people break out in a cold sweat when they see the price stickers in record stores nowadays. Well, the people that aren't cackling with laughter anyway.

Sounds like good times. Hijinks abound. The dates:

09-25 Oklahoma City, OK - Green Door *
09-26 St. Louis, MS - Creepy Crawl *
09-27 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge *
09-28 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge * Mad Planet *
10-01 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock *
10-10 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe (w/ Quasi)
10-11 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe
10-14 Peterborough, Ontario - Trasheteria
10-15 Kingston, Ontario - Scherzo
10-16 Montreal, Quebec - La Salla Rosa
10-17 Brockville, Ontario - Baptist Church
10-18 Ottawa, Ontario - Kosmic
10-23 Boston, MA - Middle East +
10-24 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber +
10-25 New York, NY - Piano's
10-25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (CMJ showcase)
10-26 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar +
10-29 Atlanta, GA - Echo +
11-02 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop (w/ Quasi)
11-08 Hamilton, Ontario - Underground
11-13 Guelph, Ontario - Trasheteria (w/ Sour Keys)
11-14 London, Ontario - TBA
11-15 Waterloo, Ontario - Starlight Social Club

* with The Weakerthans
+ with Don Caballero