Pitchfork

Hey kids! Want to see Phoenix and the French Kicks rocking up close and personal? Well, you better start smoking. That's right-- the bands' current U.S. shows, which kicked off last night in Minneapolis, are being billed as "invite only," and passes can allegedly only be obtained via reps for Camel Cigarettes.

The whole thing seems kinda fishy, though, since you can buy tickets for most of the shows on Ticketmaster. And they're only five bucks. Ah well, logic was never a smoker's specialty.

Phoenix dates:

07-26 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
07-27 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Club *
07-28 Chicago, IL - Double Door *
07-29 Grand Rapics, MI - Intersection *
07-31 Cincinnati, OH - Southgate House *
08-01 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *
08-02 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre *
08-03 Columbus, OH - Little Brothers *
08-05 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero *
08-06 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *
08-07 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
08-12 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic
08-13 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic
08-19 Chelmsford, England - V Festival
08-20 Stafford, England - V Festival
08-26 Paris, France - Rock en Seine
08-29 Stavanger, Norway - Folken
08-30 Bergen, Norway - Ole Bull Theater
08-31 Sogndal, Norway - Meieriet
09-01 Trondheim, Norway - Studentersamfundet
09-02 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
09-09 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival
09-16 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-18 Scottsdale, AZ - Martini Ranch
09-21 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG
09-25 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10-11 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
10-12 Lyon, France - Ninkasi
10-13 Montpellier, France - Victoire II
10-17 Toulouse, France - SDF Ramonville
10-18 Bordeaux, France - Theatre Barbey
10-19 Nantes, France - L'Olympic
10-20 Lille, France - Follies Wazemme
10-21 London, England - Astoria
11-01 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
11-02 Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus
11-03 Bochum, Germany - Zeche
11-04 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
11-06 Frankfurt, Germany - Cocoon Club
11-07 Leipzig, Germany - Werk 2
11-08 Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk
11-09 Mannheim, Germany - Alte Feuerwache
11-30 Paris, France - Olympia

* with French Kicks