Yeah Yeah Yeahs Kick Off Tour Tonight

The Spin cover darlings will treat citizens of the U.S., Canada, and beyond to a whole stankin' heap of tour dates, previously announced and kicking off tonight in D.C. Watch Nick Zinner snap photos and manhandle six-strings, Brian Chase emote with his eyebrows while tearing into his kit, and Karen O turn standing akimbo into the new cocksure swagger. Hot!

Pitchfork faves Blood on the Wall and YYYs touring guitarist Imaad Wasif will open most dates.

Prefer a cozy evening at home, curled up by the fireplace with that old transistor radio and rocking the fuck out? National Public Radio has you covered. The syndicated station will broadcast tonight's 9:30 Club gig more-or-less live, beginning around 10pm eastern. Then scope the NPR.org archives for previously-aired live gigs from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Belle and Sebastian, the New Pornographers, and Arctic Monkeys. Apparently they're onto this whole indie fad thing.

A boney unveiling:

04-03 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
04-05 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero #*
04-07 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre #
04-10 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus #*
04-11 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre #
04-12 Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre #
04-14 Chicago, IL - Riviera #*
04-15 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre #
04-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
04-18 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium #
04-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant #*
04-21 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium #
04-22 Salt Lake City, UT - Olpin Union Ballroom at University of Utah #
04-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum Theatre
04-25 Seattle, WA - The Paramount #*
04-26 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater #
04-28 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield #
04-29 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield #*
04-30 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella Festival) +
05-02 New York, NY - Roseland
05-03 New York, NY - Roseland
05-13 East Sussex, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (All Tomorrow's Parties) !
05-16 London, England - The Forum
05-17 London, England - The Forum
05-19 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom
05-20 Manchester, England - Academy
05-21 Birmingham, England - Academy
05-23 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
05-24 Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre
05-26 Neu-Strelitz, Germany - Immergut Festival
05-27 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
05-29 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
05-30 Munich, Germany - Elserhalle
05-31 Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fňrum (Primavera Sound 06) &
09-03 County Laois, Ireland - Stradbally Estate (Electric Picnic 2006) $

# with Blood on the Wall
* with Imaad Wasif
+ with Tool, Massive Attack, Bloc Party, Scissor Sisters, Sleater-Kinney, Mogwai, Wolf Parade, Gnarls Barkley, Phoenix, Amadou & Mariam, Mylo, Ted Leo, The Go! Team, Metric, Editors, Art Brut, Dungen, et al
! with Liars, TV on the Radio, Oneida, The Blood Brothers, Celebration, Imaginary Folk, Services, The Magik Markers, Ex Models, Zusammenn
& with Animal Collective, Deerhoof, Dinosaur Jr., Akron/Family, Centro-Matic, Constantines, the Drones, Ellen Allien, the Flaming Lips, Isobel Campbell, Jens Lekman, José González, Lambchop, Mogwai, Lou Reed, Richard Hawley, Shellac, Sleater-Kinney, Stereolab, Television Personalities, Vashti Bunyan, Xiu Xiu, Yo La Tengo, et al
$ with Devendra Banhart, Basement Jaxx, Bloc Party, The Frames, Super Furry Animals, Antony and the Johnsons, Elbow, New Order, Belle and Sebastian, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, et al

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