Pitchfork

Four months ahead of his Fat Possum debut, Armchair Apocrypha (due March 20), and our little go-getter Andrew Bird's already preparing to work a tri-continental tour circuit.

The whistlin' Chicagoan has scheduled shows from December 2006 through April 2007. He'll tote his violin across the U.S. (including two New Year-celebrating gigs with DeVotchKa and Martin Dosh), Europe, and, for the first time ever, Australia.

Bird will kick things off on the first of next month with a stint at Middlebury College's Sepomania Festival.

Dates:

12-01 Middlebury, VT - Middlebury College (Sepomania Festival)
12-30 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater *
12-31 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater *
01-13 Chicago, IL - Hideout
01-14 Indianapolis, IN - Music Mill
01-15 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
01-17 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
01-24 Melbourne, Australia - Northcote Social Club
01-27 Sydney, Australia - Basement
03-22 London, England - Bush Hall
03-23 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
03-29 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
03-30 Amiens, France - Musique de Jazz et d'Ailleurs Festival
04-21 Milwaukee, WI - Pittman Theatre at Alverno College

* with Martin Dosh, DeVotchKa