Exclusive: Hold Steady Launch Social Networking Site!
Makeoutclub.com now even more irrelevant

The page includes a video testimonial feature where viewers can talk about the band, likes and dislikes, life experiences, and more. In addition, there's a message board where the lads and lasses of America and elsewhere can discuss today's most important issues. Jeez we love these guys.

The website will see its official launch next week. And if around this time a thread pops up in the BaGiA forums reading,

"Posted: Thu Sep 7, 2006 4:20 pm

Post subject: Holy Hold Steady we love this album!

It totally rocks \m/"

don't be surprised.

As previously reported, the Hold Steady's Vagrant debut, Boys and Girls in America, will hit shelves on October 3. Just beforehand, the band will launch a big North American tour, the entirety of which will be spent alongside L.A.'s Sean Na Na.

Dates:

09-30 Hamden, CT - Masonic Temple *
10-01 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
10-02 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
10-04 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10-05 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree
10-06 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone Cafe
10-07 Denton, TX - Hailey's
10-08 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-09 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
10-12 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
10-13 San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
10-14 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
10-16 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
10-17 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
10-19 Portland, OR - Lola's
10-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club
10-21 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
10-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-25 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-26 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-27 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10-28 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
10-30 Cambridge, MA - Middle East

* with the Big Sleep

MP3: The Hold Steady: Chips Ahoy!