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Indie-folk gypsy Zach Condon and his Beirut band have had nothing but good luck this year. First, us media-types have fallen all over ourselves praising the guy to the high heavens. Then, Condon and crew have wowed increasingly larger audiences on the road.

And now, 4AD has announced that they have signed Beirut to a deal outside North America. (The band remains on Ba Da Bing! on this continent.) 4AD plans to release an expanded version of Beirut's breakout debut album Gulag Orkestar in late fall.

The 4AD version of the album was remastered at England's Abbey Road Studios and will come packaged with an additional CD containing the Lon Gisland EP, containing four tracks and an interlude.

Condon will take his show on the road across North America later this month. He'll then hit the UK for a series of shows with Calexico.

Lon Gisland EP:

01 Elephant Gun
02 My Families Role in the World Revolution
03 Scenic World
04 (Interlude)
05 Carousels

Dates:

09-16 Boston, MA - Boston University
09-22 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse
09-23 Greensboro, NC - Flying Anvil
09-24 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
09-29 Swarthmore, PA - Swarthmore College
10-04 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
10-05 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod Beezlebrox
10-07 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
10-12 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
10-14 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
10-17 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café
10-18 Portland, OR - Holocene
10-20 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
10-21 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
10-24 Santa Fe, NM - College of Santa Fe
10-26 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
10-28 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-31 Gateshead, England - Sage #
11-01 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC 1 #
11-02 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia #
11-03 Liverpool, England - Academy #
11-04 Sheffield, England - Octagon #
11-05 London, England - Camden Roundhouse %#
11-18 Bennington, VT - Bennington College
11-21 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

* with Eric Bachmann, Richard Buckner
# with Calexico