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OOPS! Looks like Billboard.com was given the wrong information! These dates aren't happening at all! Sorry, dudes. 

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The world wide web wept a silicon tear last month, as the White Stripes, one of the few remaining banner holdouts, succumbed at last to the MySpace regime. So if you've always wanted to tell Jack and Meg "omg ur my favrit bandd eva!! LOLz!!!!1" and show them that hilarious kitten photo, now's your chance.

If you want to personally share that Icky Thump dance move you just invented, however, you'll get your chance soon. According to Billboard.com, the Stripes will embark on a dandy of a North American tour in late summer to drum up some love for their previously reported sixth LP. Icky Thump should hit shops in June, via new home Warner Bros. If all those SXSW posters are to be believed, it may involve penguins.

The jaunt, meanwhile, follows up a few summer festival appearances and kicks off on July 29 in San Diego. We hope Jack and Meg packed lots of sandwiches, because this road trip doesn't wrap up until an October 2 homecoming gig in Detroit.

Get Icky:

06-01 Nuerburgring, Germany - Rock Am Ring Festival
06-02 Nuernberg, Germany - Rock Im Park Festival
06-14 London, England - Hyde Park (O2 Wireless Festival)
06-15 Leeds, England - Harewood House (O2 Wireless Festival)
06-17 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
07-29 San Diego, CA - Street Scene
08-06 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch! Festival)
08-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum
08-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum
08-10 Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium
08-12 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
08-15 Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre
08-16 Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre
08-17 Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre
08-18 Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre
08-19 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
08-22 Denver, CO - Red Rocks
08-23 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theater
08-24 St. Louis, MO - Fabulous Fox Theater
08-26 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theater
08-27 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theater
08-29 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theater
08-30 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theater
08-31 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theater
09-08 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
09-09 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
09-10 Columbus, OH - Ohio Theatre
09-12 Cincinnati, OH - Music Hall
09-13 Louisville, KY - Palace Theatre
09-14 Cleveland, OH - Playhouse Square Center State Theatre
09-16 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
09-19 Providence, RI - Performing Arts Center
09-20 Boston, MA - Opera House
09-21 Boston, MA - Opera House
09-24 New York, NY - Keyspan Park
09-27 Columbia, MO - Merriweather Post Pavilion
09-28 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
10-02 Detroit, MI - Masonic Temple Theatre