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What could be better than a Xiu Xiu tour or a Sunset Rubdown tour? How about a Xiu Xiu/Sunset Rubdown tour?! So much emoting it hurts!!

From April 12-24, the bands will trek across North America together for ten shows, all with Young People person Katie Eastburn opening. Before the big dates, however, Xiu Xiu will get some practice in with a trek with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and Shearwater starting in late March.

Sunset Rubdown, on the other hand, will keep on keeping on after Xiu Xiu drop off the joint trek, wrapping the rounds up with Eastburn at their side.

As previously reported, Xiu Xiu's second collaboration with Larsen under the XXL name, Spicchiologi?, is tentatively slated for a May 29 arrival via Important Records. Xiu Xiu will also contribute a "sound sculpture" and live performance to the David Horvitz-curated "Is That All There Is to Fire?" art show, running from February 24-March 31 at Los Angeles' High Energy Constructs gallery.

Xiu Xiu/Sunset Rubdown dates (all with Katie Eastburn):

04-12 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
04-13 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
04-14 Bloomington, IN - WUIX Culture Shock at Indiana University
04-16 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04-17 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
04-19 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-20 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
04-22 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
04-23 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
04-24 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour

Xiu Xiu dates:

03-25 Phoenix, AZ - Paperheart *
03-26 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture *
03-27 Santa Fe, NM - College of Santa Fe *
03-28 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory *
03-29 Austin, TX - Emo's *#
03-30 Baton Rouge, LA - Red Star Bar *#
03-31 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree Cafe *#
04-01 Murfreesboro, TN - Casa Burrito *#
04-02 Durham, NC - Duke Coffee House *#
04-03 Wilmington, NC - Bella Festa *#
04-04 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel *#
04-05 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *#
04-06 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *#
04-07 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place *#
04-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
04-11 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi

* with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
# with Shearwater

Sunset Rubdown dates (all with Katie Eastburn):

04-25 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
04-27 Austin, TX - Emo's
04-28 Denton, TX - Hailey's
04-30 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
05-01 Charleston, SC - Map Room
05-02 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
05-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-05 Cambridge, MA - Middle East