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Dinosaur Jr. have announced a bi-continental tour surrounding their stint at the Thurston Moore-curated All Tomorrow's Parties' Nightmare Before Christmas event.

Lou Barlow, J Mascis, and Murph will take to the road late this month, meeting up with Sonic Youth and Thalia Zedek along the way.

On December 6, Barlow will open the trio's London gig with an acoustic solo set. On December 16, Mascis will perform a solo set in Germany, opening for Sonic Youth.

As previously reported, Dinosaur Jr. plan to release a new album, produced by John Agnello, in Spring 2007. It is, according to a recent entry on Barlow's website, "very nearly complete," though we still don't know anything with regard to its title, label, or release date. A DVD from the band is also on its way. Directed by Mascis' brother-in-law Phillip Virus, it documents the first half of the band's reunion tour, and hits stores May 8.

Barlow has some news on the solo front as well. As he continued in the aforementioned post, "I'm working on a CD EP for my friend Jesus right now...I figure it's good practice for my next solo LP to throw some new + old songs together...get my engineering chops back, twiddling knobs...flexing the old hard-drive...Jesus has a label. He does lotsa one-off CDs for indie-types like myself...That will come out and I will do my best to get a box or two to sell on this here site..."

In addition, the bassist recently fell into a "small quantity" of Winning Losers: a Collection of Home Recordings (1994, Smells Like Records) reissues. Tacked on to the disc is the "Losercore" seven inch, now on CD for the first time ever. Barlow also acquired a 12" vinyl of Folk Implosion's Dare to Be Surprised, so stay tuned to see if these rarity items pop up on his online "merch table."

Finally, we'd like to remind you that Barlow, Eric Gaffney, and Jason Loewenstein have reunited Sebadoh. The legendary three-piece will tour this spring, from late February to early April. Specific dates have not yet been confirmed.

Dinosaur Jr. dates:

11-28 Portland, ME - Big Easy *
11-29 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *
11-30 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
12-01 New York, NY - Rebel *
12-02 New York, NY - Rebel *
12-05 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
12-06 London, England - Mean Fiddler #
12-09 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas)
12-11 Dublin, Ireland - Temple Bar Music Centre ^
12-12 Galway, Ireland - Warwick ^
12-13 Paris, France - Zenith %
12-16 Berlin, Germany - Fritz Club (J Mascis solo) %

* with Thalia Zedek
# with Lou Barlow (solo acoustic)
^ with Giveamanakick
% with Sonic Youth