Pitchfork: Dinosaur Jr. Expand Reunion Tour

Hey, bands, listen up! The key to a successful tour is to wait 15 years between tours. People get tired of seeing you at the Empty Bottle in Chicago or the Fox in Boulder every three months. Take a break, maybe argue with each other a little bit, and get back to booking in a decade-- shows'll sell out in hours.

Dinosaur Jr. was obviously more successful and revered than your standard indie rock group, and they parted ways for more serious reasons, but their current reunion tour has been well-received. They've just added a bunch of West Coast dates, as well as filled in some holes in the Eastern tour.

They'll tour the East Coast and Midwest throughout July, culminating with a stop at Lollapalooza in Chicago before heading to Japan and Europe for a couple weeks of festivals. Following that, they'll come back to North America for the Western leg of the tour, and at the end of August it's back to Europe for a few more festivals. These reunion tours are grueling.

Dates:

07-07 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
07-08 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
07-09 Norfolk, VA - The Norva
07-10 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
07-11 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
07-12 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
07-13 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
07-14 New York, NY - Central Park Summer Stage
07-15 Boston, MA - Avalon
07-16 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
07-19 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
07-20 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
07-21 Covington, KY - The Madison Theater
07-22 Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club
07-23 Minneapolis, MN - The Quest
07-24 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
07-29 Naeba Ski Resort, Japan - Fuji Rock Fest
07-30 Naeba Ski Resort, Japan - Fuji Rock Fest
07-31 Naeba Ski Resort, Japan - Fuji Rock Fest
08-04 Pully, Switzerland - Noise Festival
08-05 Urbino, Italy - Frequenze Disturbate Festival
08-06 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
08-11 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-13 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
08-15 San Diego, CA - Soma
08-16 Anaheim, CA - The Grove of Anaheim
08-17 Hollywood, CA - The Avalon
08-18 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
08-19 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
08-20 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
08-22 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
08-26 Cologne, Germany - Monster of Spex
08-27 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-28 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival