Pixies Begin New U.S. Tour

[Body: If you're addressing live shows, it's all about the quickness of sellouts or how everyone was oh-so-excited to hear about the reunion. But be sure to keep it snappy, fresh, and distant, 'cause nobody gives a shit about you creaming your pants over Kim Deal, right? Then, of course, you list the dates:]

05-26 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
05-27 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
05-28 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch! Festival)
05-30 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater *
05-31 San Jose, CA - Civic Auditorium *
06-02 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG
06-03 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG
06-05 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks #
06-07 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
06-08 Cleveland, OH - CMJ Rock Hall
06-08 Cleveland, OH - Scene Pavilion *
06-09 Pittsburgh, PA - Chevrolet Amphitheatre at Station Square
06-11 Atlanta, GA - Music Midtown Festival
06-12 Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
06-13 Washington, DC - Merriweather Post Pavilion $
06-14 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach %
06-15 Boston, MA - Agannis Arena
07-23 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-17 Paredes de Coura, Portugal - Paredes de Coura Festival
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-19 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-23 Dublin, Ireland - Landsdowne Road ^
08-25 Saint Cloud, France - Festival Rock en Seine Domaine National de Saint Cloud
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-27 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-28 Edinburgh, Scotland - T on the Fringe

* with Bellrays
# with Bellrays and Violent Femmes
$ with Bellrays and Bloc Party
% with Interpol, LCD Soundsystem
^ with Kings of Leon

[Conclusion: First, hope that there aren't any bootlegs of shows being released or new songs up for purchase on iTunes or sinus infections in the band. If there aren't, you're scot-free and the story's done. If there are, however, you need one more 'graph that looks something like this:]

According to the band's website, the same folks who brought you last year's official Pixies bootlegs will once again be hocking live recordings of Pixies shows from some of the venues listed above. Discs for the first leg of the U.S. tour are already available at www.pixiesdiscs.com, where, for the incredibly obsessed, you'll also find a blog about the tour (which will undoubtedly balloon, and undoubtedly be covered on the 'Fork News Wire extensively).

* Pitchfork News: Pixies Reunion Tour Continues
* Pixies: <a