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Pun-loving Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys will release Candylion-- his recent solo album-- in the U.S. on March 6 via Conor Oberst's Team Love label. It will come out on CD and four-sided LP (the fourth side is an etching).

Rhys' collaboration with Anticon-associated turntablist Boom Bip, previously reported to be under the moniker Delorean, is now called Neon Neon, though the currently untitled album they plan to release in the summer on Lex Records is a concept album about John De Lorean (yes, the one responsible for that De Lorean). Guests on the album include former Pharcyde MC Fatlip, Spank Rock, the Magic Numbers, Har Mar Superstar, and Kudu.

Rhys will get his tour on with a boatload of UK dates in March and April, though he does have a few dates before then in Italy and Wales.

Dates:

01-27 Bologna, Italy - Il Covo
02-25 Aberystwyth, Wales - Y Drwm
02-26 Newport, Wales - Riverfront
03-01 Brighton, England - Komedia
03-02 London, England - Queen Elizabeth Hall
03-03 Reading, England - South Street
03-04 Brecon, Wales - Theatre Brycheiniog
03-06 Birmingham, England - Glee Club
03-07 Northampton, England - Deco
03-12 Cambridge, England - Junction Theatre
03-13 Norwich, England - Arts Theatre
03-31 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
04-19 Treorchy, Wales - Parc and Dare
04-20 Narberth, Wales - Queens Hall
04-22 Sheffield, England - Memorial Hall
04-23 Newcastle, England - Cluny
04-24 Leeds, England - Hebden Bridge Picture House
04-25 Liverpool, England - Philharmonic Hall
04-27 Aberdeen, Scotland - Lemon Tree
04-28 Glasgow, Scotland - Renfrew Ferry
04-29 Edinburgh, Scotland - Liquid Rooms
04-30 Bergen, Norway - Bergenfest