Pitchfork: Six Organs Kick Off World Tour Tonight

Ben, why won't you return our phone calls? You know we like you. A lot. Come on, remember how nice it was at first? Those walks in the park by the river, and dinners at fancy restuarants? Remember when we first felt comfortable enough to review your records...and then we ran that feature? You were brilliant. Your words touched us in places we didn't know we even had. Then we reported your tour, and we could tell... you got a little creeped out. I know we were a bit intense-- maybe hot and heavy even-- but it just seemed so right. Now, here we are, reporting the April European dates you've added, thinking about how much we miss holding your hand. Please, please, Ben, don't be weirded out. Just pick up the phone.

As previously reported earlier this month, Six Organs of Admittance's drone-folk demi-god Ben Chasny is embarking on a small tour of the U.S. with PG Six and lunatic drummer Chris Corsano. But what we didn't tell you back then-- because we can't see the future (yet-- our Pitchfork scientists are hard at work on the technology)-- is that Chasny will also be playing some European dates with Joanna Newsom, Alasdair Roberts, and White Magic. Thing is, he went and mixed up the bills so we'd have to put little thingys after the list to let you know who's playin' where. We think maybe there's a hidden message from our former lover somewhere in there. Well, not "think," so much as "hope." Look:

03-01 Amherst, MA - Red Barn (Hampshire College)
03-02 Providence, RI - AS220
03-03 Cambridge, MA - Zeitgeist
03-04 New York, NY - Tonic
03-05 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber
03-06 Columbus, OH - High Five
03-07 Grand Rapids, MI - Division Ave Arts Coop
03-08 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
03-09 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
04-01 Bristol, England - Trinity Arts *
04-02 London, England - QEH #
04-03 Berlin, Germany - Traeneplast %
04-06 Dresden, Germany - Star Club %
04-07 Munich, Germany - Ampere %
04-09 Brussels, Belgium - Domino Fest %
04-10 Birmingham, England - Glee Club #
04-11 Leeds, England - Varieties *
04-12 Newcastle, England - Sage Theatre *
04-13 Glasgow, Scotland - Grand Ole Opry *
04-14 Manchester, England - Academy 2 *
04-16 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Motel Mozaique Fest *
04-17 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso *
04-18 Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk *
04-20 Paris, France - L'European *
04-21 Lisbon, Portugal - Lux