Pitchfork: Stars to Tour with Death Cab for Cutie

All right, let's just come out and say it: The Pitchfork news staff accepts bribes. None of that penny-ante stuff you hear about radio stations doing, though-- we expect serious effort. For example, a couple weeks ago, we reported the Fall tour dates of everyone's girlfriend's favorite group, Death Cab For Cutie (mmm�Ben Gibbard in a tight t-shirt), but sort of glossed over the fact that the opener is everyone's boyfriend's favorite group, Canadian dream-poppers Stars (mmm�Amy Millan in a mini-skirt). Stars' label, Arts & Crafts, didn't like this much, but they just happened to have some priceless relics from the reign of Tutankhamen lying around. So now Stars get their coverage, and we get a couple of headdresses that look awesome next to the Sleater-Kinney posters in Pitchfork's office. Everybody wins.

Well, then. Last Tuesday marked the European release of the underrated Set Yourself On Fire, Stars' third LP, and the band is traveling overseas later this week to support it before playing the aforementioned shows with Death Cab. They will spend the remainder of their time in North America studying a screener copy of Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo to gain a better understanding of European culture. Hold your significant other close here:

08-26 Cologne, Germany - Monsters of Spex
08-27 London, England - Cross Cultural Festival
08-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
08-31 Hamburg, Germany - Molotov
09-01 Dresden, Germany - Scheune
09-02 Munich, Germany - Orangehouse
09-03 Bologna, Italy - Independent Days
09-06 Paris, France � Caf� de la Danse
09-07 London, England - Garage
09-08 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
09-09 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
09-10 Dublin, Ireland - Sugar Club
09-11 Cardiff, Wales - Barfly
09-13 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof
09-14 Berlin, Germany - Popkomm@Maria
10-21 Carlisle, PA - Dickinson College *
10-22 Providence, RI - Lupo's At The Strand *
10-23 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
10-25 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
10-28 Nashville, TN - War Memorial Auditorium *
10-29 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle *
10-30 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live *
11-04 Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater *
11-05 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ *
11-08 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre *
11-09 San Diego, CA - Soma *
11-11 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
11-13 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre *
11-16 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
11-18 Seattle, WA - The Paramount Theatre *

* with Death Cab For Cutie

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