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As previously reported, much excitement is brewin' over the prospect of Bob Mould's return to la vida rock. The former Hüsker Dü leader is set to release guitar-centric Body of Song on July 26 via Yep Roc. And now-- as if the fine people of Stradbally weren't excited enough-- there is news of a Mould world tour, beginning later this fall.

Mould is confirmed to appear at a few select dates over in Europe this September, after wrapping up a handful stateside (he played Gay Pride Weekend last Sunday and will head to the delicious-sounding Taste of Minnesota Festival July 3 in Minneapolis). More dates are to be announced, says Mould's official website. And according to Billboard, Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty will join Mould on tour, along with bassist Jason Narducci and keyboardist Richard Morel. (Morel is also the other half of Mould's electronica project, Blowoff.)

"I will play stuff from all eras for the first time with people," Mould told Billboard.com, hinting that Mould material from Hüsker Dü and Sugar will get the Fountain of Youth treatment. "I'm sort of taking ownership back of my songs. "I would probably say [it will include] half of the new record, and the rest will be the songs people will want to hear. I think it will also be the ones that work the best with what we're trying to do. If we pull a song up and Brendan's not feeling it, I don't want to play it. But we'll take a shot at everything." You can catch those shots at any of these dates:

09-04 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-06 London, England - Mean Fiddler
09-07 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
09-09 Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan
09-10 Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
09-11 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
09-13 Cologne, Germany - Burgerhaus Stollwerk
09-14 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

In related news, Body of Song (Mould's first solo release since 2002) will also become available in a limited-edition double-disc package. The second CD features two remixes of "(Shine Your) Light Love Hope" by Morel, a Mould remix of "Paralyzed", and six tracks that plain didn't make the first cut. No word on whether that was because they weren't good enough or because they just didn't fit in, although we can understand the impulse to hesitate before bringing a song called "Love Escalator" into the world. Complete tracklist:

>> Body of Song:
01 Circles
02 (Shine Your) Light Love Hope
03 Paralyzed
04 I Am Vision, I Am Sound
05 Underneath Days
06 Always Tomorrow
07 Days of Rain
08 Best Thing
09 High Fidelity
10 Missing You
11 Gauze of Friendship
12 Beating Heart the Prize

>> Limited Edition Bonus Disc:
01 Castor and Pollux
02 Surveyors and Cranes
03 Love Escalator
04 Lowdown Ground
05 My Old Friend
06 Nihil
07 (Shine Your) Light Love Hope (Pink Noise Vocal Mix)
08 (Shine Your) Light Love Hope (Pink Noise Dub)
09 Paralyzed (LoudBomb Club Mix)

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