The Constantines Hit the Road

Once upon a time, Bry Webb, lead singer of the post-apocalyptic Neil Young fan band the Constantines, hitchhiked across Canada. He slept on park benches, traded mixtapes, and eventually met up with his girlfriend. Three years later, he's making the trek again, only this time he's doing it in a van. With his band. And enough money for dinner...at least until they hit Victoria.

The Constantines are planning a summer U.S. tour with Brooklyn's Oakley Hall. In the meantime, it's looking like youse American Cons fans will have to do some hitchhiking of your own, unless you live in the Seattle area, in which case you can just drive your own damn car to their appearance at the Sasquatch! festival or the Crocodile Café the night before.

Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright):

03-17 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi *
03-18 Ottawa, Ontario - New Capital Music Hall *
04-01 Quebec City, Quebec - Kashmir ^$
04-03 Moncton, New Brunswick - Manhattan ^$
04-04 Sackville, New Brunswick - George's ^$
04-05 Saint John, New Brunswick - Elwood's ^$
04-06 Fredericton, New Brunswick - The Cellar at UNB ^$
04-07 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Marquee ^$
04-08 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Marquee ^$
05-17 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabaret %
05-18 Regina, Saskatchewan - The Exchange %
05-19 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Louis' Pub %
05-20 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall Ballroom at the U of C %#
05-21 Edmonton, Alberta - Starlite Room %#
05-22 Canmore, Alberta - Canmore Hotel %#
05-24 Victoria, British Columbia - Lucky Bar %#
05-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards %#
05-26 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café %&
05-27 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch! festival)!
05-31 London, England - Brixton Academy &
06-01 Barcelona, Spain - Placa del Forum (Primavera festival) @

* with the Unintended
^ with the Meligrove Band
$ with Andre Ethier
% with Chad VanGaalen
# with Blood Meridian
& with My Brightest Diamond
! with Sufjan Stevens, the Flaming Lips, the Shins, Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Gomez, Ben Harper, Architecture in Helsinki, the Brunettes, more)
& with Editors
@ with Yo La Tengo, the Boredoms, the Deadly Snakes, Final Fantasy, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Posted by Mairead Case on Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 1:00am