Pitchfork: Tortoise, Daniel Lanois Announce Collaborative Tour

Tortoise, Daniel Lanois Announce Collaborative Tour

Fresh from placating die-hard fans and winning over newbies with their ferocious Intonation headline spot, the mighty men of Tortoise will be playing some dates in October with producer extraordinaire Daniel Lanois. The producer-to-the-stars' site claims that while the masters of serious intent and slow-burning melodies will be playing their own set at every date, they will also provide the backing for his own sets.

Although you might recognize Lanois' name from the backs of CDs bearing artist brand names such as U2, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson, and Bob Dylan, or seen his face throughout your secret collections of taped Grammy Awards presentations, he is also a keen musician in his own right, having released his share of solo albums over the years outside from his "other job." His latest, Belladonna, is perhaps the impetus for the Tortoise tour, as it is an all-instrumental collection primarily featuring one of Lanois' much-beloved obsessions, playing the pedal steel. In other Tortoise collaborative news, the band's site claims the release date for the Overcoat Recordings Tortoise/Will Oldham covers album will be October 11.

The Tortoise/Lanois hook up starts on October 6 in Boston, takes in both coasts, and ends in Los Angeles on October 22. Both Tortoise and Lanois will be playing some scattered dates apart before and after this announced tour.

Tortoise tour dates:
07/22 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park, Calgary Folk Festival
07/23 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park, Calgary Folk Festival
07/24 Edmonton, Alberta - The Starlite Room
09/25 Austin, TX - Zilker Park, Austin City Limits Music Festival

Daniel Lanois tour dates:
07/27 New York, NY - Hudson River Blues Festival
09/30 Urbana, IL - Krannert Center, Wall-2-Wall Guitar Festival
10/01 Urbana, IL - Krannert Center, Wall-2-Wall Guitar Festival
02/03/06 New York, NY - Zankel Hall @ Carnegie Hall, New York Guitar Festival

Tortoise/Daniel Lanois tour dates:
10/06 Boston, MA - Sommerville Theatre
10/07 New York, NY -Irving Plaza
10/08 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
10/10 Chicago, IL - TBA
10/11 Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
10/12 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
10/14 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
10/15 Salt Lake City, UT -Suede
10/17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
10/18 Seattle, WA - Neumo's
10/19 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
10/20 San Francisco, CA -The Independent
10/21 San Francisco, CA -The Independent
10/22 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon