Pitchfork: Andrew Bird Plans Extensive World Tour

Champion whistler Andrew Bird is hitting the road (and the ocean) for a multi-continental tour. Oh, and my apologies to the penguins up in Antarctica who just got their hopes up over the possibility of this Bird visitor, but when I say "multi," I mean Europe and North America. Anyway, Bird has all sorts of ideas in that bird brain of his (ha ha ha, kidding!). He's playing solo shows in September, France in October with drummer/multi-instrumentalist Kevin O'Donnell, and North America in November with Anticon's Martin Dosh. Dosh, another drummer/multi-instrumentalist, fresh off the spring release of his latest album, Pure Trash, will play his own short set each night between performances with Bird and supporting act, Head of Femur. Finally, Bird wraps up this extravaganza in December, opening for Nickel Creek. Let's hope they get along because I heard the Creek's a little bit country and, well, Bird's a little bit whistle-and-roll.

The mysterious production:

09-04 Geneva, Switzerland - Batie Festival*
09-06 Lisbon, Portugal - Lux
09-10 Oporto, Portugal - Casa des Arts
09-18 Toronto, Ontario - Ear to the Ground Festival@
09-23 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center (with Martin Dosh)

10-04 Rennes, France - L'Antipode#$
10-05 Bordeaux, France - La Lune#
10-06 Nantes, France - L'Olympic#
10-07 Lille, France - L'A�ronef#$
10-08 Angouleme, France - Le Nef#^
10-10 Perpignan, France - TBC#
10-11 Toulouse, France - SDF Ramonville#
10-12 Marseille, France - Poste � Gal�ne#
10-14 Angers, France - Chabada#
10-15 Rouen, France - Salle Sainte croix des Pelletiers#
10-17 Paris, France - Th��tre Eduard VII#
10-18 Lyon, France - Salle Victor Hugo#
10-19 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie#
10-20 Nancy, France - N.J.P. Festival#
10-22 Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
10-23 Haarlem, Netherlands - Patronaat
10-25 Oslo, Norway - The Garage
10-26 Gothenberg, Sweden - Pusterviksbaren
10-27 Linkoping, Sweden - Herrgarn
10-28 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
10-30 London, England - The Luminaire&

11-08 Grand Rapids, MI - Monroe Gallery for the Arts%
11-09 Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark%
11-11 Toronto, Ontario - TBC%
11-12 Montreal, Quebec - TBC%
11-14 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse%
11-15 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs%
11-17 Washington, DC - Black Cat%
11-18 Pittsburgh, PA - TBC%
11-19 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center%
11-20 Newport, KY - Southgate House%
11-21 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge%
11-26 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium%
12-01 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium+
12-02 Park City, UT - Eccles Center for the Arts+
12-03 Spokane, WA - The Big Easy+
12-04 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre+
12-05 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater+
12-07 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater+
12-10 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre+
12-11 Reno, NV - Hilton Theatre+
12-14 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater+
12-15 San Diego, CA - House of Blues+
12-16 San Diego, CA - House of Blues+
12-17 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern+

* with Mark Eitzel, Josh Pierson
@ with Hidden Cameras, Most Serene Republic
# with Kevin O'Donnell
$ with Laura Viers
^ with Adam Green
& with Women and Children, Absentee
% with Martin Dosh, Head of Femur
+ with Nickel Creek

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