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With Michigan and Illinois out of the way, Sufjan Stevens is ready to move on to Tennessee and Louisiana and Missouri and, well, a whole bunch of other states.

Sufjan announced a fall tour today; on stage, he'll be joined by a "small string ensemble (ranging from four to eight members in different cities) and brass section" in order to perform his songs "in a new symphonic context," according to a press release.And the best news: "Sufjan will also be performing five to six new songs on the tour." Yes!

Recent Asthmatic Kitty signing My Brightest Diamond will open all dates, and ticket sale proceeds will go to charities like Doctors Without Borders.

Dates:

09-11 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
09-15 Austin, TX - Paramount Theater
09-16 Austin, TX - Paramount Theater
09-19 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
09-20 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theater (PASTE Fest)
09-21 Chapel Hill, NC - Memorial Hall
09-23 Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Theater
09-24 St. Louis, MO - Pageant
09-25 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
09-26 Chicago, IL - The Riviera
09-28 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre
09-29 New York, NY - Town Hall
09-30 New York, NY - Town Hall
10-09 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
10-11 San Francisco, CA - Zellerbach Hall
10-13 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
10-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - St. Andrews Cathedral
10-15 Seattle, WA - Paramount

In other news, the third segment of Stevens' Illinois outtakes record, The Avalanche, is now streamable at the Asthmatic Kitty website. The label will drop a hard copy of the record on July 11, but superfjans can pre-order now.