Pitchfork: The Stooges Announce Tour Dates

Starting in Switzerland on March 8, the Stooges will take The Weirdness (out March 20 on Virgin) on the road, where they will play a couple of festivals and a few scattered U.S. cities. As previously reported, they'll also hit SXSW, where they'll perform and Iggy Pop will be interviewed by journalist David Fricke.

The band are currently streaming the recently Forkcasted new song from the album, "My Idea of Fun", at their MySpace.

Dates:

03-08 Crans-Montana, Switzerland - Caprices Festival
03-17 Austin, TX - SXSW
04-07 Boston, MA - Orpheum
04-09 New York, NY - United Palace
04-13 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
04-17 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
04-19 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
04-27 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater at Qwest Field Events
07-21 Tromsø, Norway - Bukta - Tromsø Open Air Festival