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In what might be the greatest tour pairing since Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera (or at least Franz and Death Cab), Jamie Lidell and Beck are heading out on the road together this summer. Robot moves will be busted, upscale loungewear will be worn, and, at last, we will finally discover whether or not they are, in fact, the same person.

The funk soul brother pairing will hit only eight lucky cities in the South and West, including a stint at the Sasquatch! festival in Washington in late May. We hope that all goes well, because this is exactly the kind of relationship that should bear more fruit. Like remixes. And duets. And fashion lines.

Soulmates:

05-25 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium
05-28 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!) *
05-30 Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
06-14 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
06-15 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
06-19 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
06-20 Austin, TX - The Backyard
06-21 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre

* with Death Cab for Cutie, Queens of the Stone Age, Matisyahu, the Decemberists, Nada Surf, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists, Chad VanGaalen, more

Beck has quite a few shows all by his lonesome, including a run through the European festival gauntlet in August:

05-24 Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall at UC Davis *
05-27 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater $
06-17 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo #%
06-23 Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium
08-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Tivoli Concert Hall
08-12 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival &
08-13 Dyrehaven, Denmark - Danmarks Smukkeste Festival @
08-16 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
08-17 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-19 Staffordshire, England - V Festival #^
08-20 Chelmsford, England - V Festival #^
08-22 Edinburgh, Scotland - Meadowbank Stadium #
08-24 Dublin, Ireland - Marley Park

* with Lavender Diamond
$ with the Decemberists, M. Ward
# with Radiohead
% with Bright Eyes, Sonic Youth, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Death Cab for Cutie, Common, more
& with Love Is All, Morrissey, !!!, Les Savy Fav, Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, The Boy Least Likely To, The Fall, The Wrens, more
@ with the Darkness, Jamiroquai, Motörhead, Daniel Powter, Mew, more
^ with Girls Aloud, the Go! Team, Bloc Party, Keane, Magic Numbers, more

Jamie Lidell will spend the next few months jetting back and forth between Europe and North America:

04-30 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella - Gobi Tent) *+
05-04 Barcelona, Spain - Teatre Lliure $
05-24 Brighton, England - Brighton Festival (Warp Moves) ^
05-26 Portland, OR - Holocene #
05-27 Bellingham, WA - The Nightlight Lounge
06-05 Landgraff, Holland - Megaland (Pinkpop Festival) !
06-16 Orlando, FL - The Social @
06-17 Miami, FL - I/O
07-04 Calgary, Alberta - Hi-Fi
07-07 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda
07-14-16 Berlin, Germany - Melt Festival %

* with Phoenix
+ with Jazzanova, Gilles Peterson, Coldcut, Seu Jorge, Gnarls Barkley, Amadou & Mariam, Murs featuring 9th Wonder, Infadels
$ with Gonzáles
^ with Plaid, Array
# with Tussle
! with Franz Ferdinand, Morrissey, Flaming Lips, Editors, more
@ with Q Burns Abstract Message
% with Aphex Twin, Nightmares on Wax, Battles, the Streets, Art Brut, Ellen Allien, Herbert, Isolée, more

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