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Wolfmother recently cancelled the last six days of their world tour due to the premature arrival of a baby boy, born to bassist/keyboardist Chris Ross. As Ross headed back to the home den in Sydney, Australia to be with his new cub, his bandmates-- Miles Heskett and Andrew Stockdale-- had to cancel an instore appearance at Virgin Records in Chicago scheduled for September 25 (the signing and performance will happen at a later date).

The Aussie trio also rescheduled their September 28 sold-out show at the Hollywood Palladium (now set for December 12) and cancelled their appearances at the Viejas Concerts in the Park series and San Francisco's Download Festival.

Instead of playing shows during October, Ross will play dad; then, in November, Wolfmother will return to the regularly scheduled program, playing MTV2's Spanking New Music Tour in the UK, plus a series of North American dates, followed by a few Australian shows at the end of the year.

On November 14, Wolfmother will perform at London's Alexandra Palace as part of the UK Music Hall of Fame ceremony. They will be honoring Led Zeppelin.

And baby makes four:

11-05 Glasgow, Scotland - Carling Academy #
11-06 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia #
11-08 Leeds, England - Leeds University #
11-09 Manchester, England - Academy #
11-10 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy #
11-12 Bristol, England - Carling Academy #
11-15 London, England - Brixton Carling Academy #
11-17 Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
11-18 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
11-21 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
11-22 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
11-24 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
11-25 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater
11-26 St. Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights
11-28 Houston, TX - Meridian
11-29 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom
12-02 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
12-03 Seattle, WA - Moore Theater
12-04 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
12-07 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
12-08 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
12-12 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
12-30 Marion Bay, Australia - Falls Festival
12-31 Lorne, Australia - Falls Festival
01-06 Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival
01-29 Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro
01-30 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room
01-31 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room

# with Forward Russia!, Fields, the Maccabees