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Steve Albini has found some time between delicately placing microphones in corners of rooms to schedule a tour. Whether it was the hype surrounding Touch and Go's 25th anniversary celebration (both Big Black and Shellac are playing) or just plain inspiration that sparked it, Shellac has announced a trek that-- get this-- lasts more than three days AND extends past the Midwest. Crazy, we know.

The Touch and Go website says that Shellac will release a new record... sometime between now and 2007. Jeez, by that time, we'll all be living on the moon.

Shellac dates:

08-25 Louisville, KY - St. John's Church *
08-26 Knoxville, TN - Emporium *
08-27 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree *
08-28 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
08-29 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *
08-30 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
08-31 Washington, DC - Ft. Reno Park *
09-01 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
09-02 Brooklyn, NY - Europa *
09-03 Martha's Vineyard, MA - Katherine Cornell Theatre *
09-05 Pittsburgh, PA - Union Project *
09-06 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *
09-07 Grand Rapids, MI - Wealthy Theatre *
09-08-10 Chicago, IL - Hideout (Touch and Go 25th Anniversary Celebration) *
09-12 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre *

* with Uzeda