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Doves and Mercury Rev Hit the Road Together

Not to turn this into an episode of "Entertainment Tonight" or anything, but how hot are Doves right now? Frankly, any band cool enough to forego using the customary three-letter article in front of its name is definitely worth at least some of your time. The brooding Manchester trio are fresh off the release of their latest work, Some Cities, which debuted at No. 1 on the UK album charts and prompted the British press into their usual boner-popping hysteria.

Doves seemingly have their Stateside buzz back as well-- they're just putting wraps on a limited U.S. trip (which included stops at the SXSW Festival in Austin and Los Angeles) and now they'll test us Yanks again with a three-week long tour along with New York's own Mercury Rev. Things will kick off following the bands' appearances at the Coachella Festival and will trek eastward through the month of May.

In related Doves news, while Some Cities lead single "Black and White Town" is still cooling on the windowsill, frontman Jimi Goodwin told Billboard.com that "Snowden" will be the next single chosen from the album. No release date has been set yet, but Goodwin said it could feature "one new song" and "a couple of remixes by people quite close to us" in the way of B-sides. Dates:

05-01 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
05-03 Seattle, WA - Showbox
05-04 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
05-06 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
05-08 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound
05-09 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
05-11 Kansas City, MO - Madrid Theatre
05-12 Minneapolis, MN - Quest Club
05-13 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
05-14 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
05-16 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
05-18 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-19 New York, NY - Webster Hall
05-20 Boston, MA - Avalon
05-22 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts
05-23 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

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