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Long gone are the days of Kansas, Boston, Chicago, and the United States of America, the days of bands who actually, scandalously named themselves after places they were from (or their mass transit system, as it were). Now, in the age of indie irony, we have a band called Canada from Michigan, a band called Idaho from L.A., a band called Iran from 'frisco, and today, a band called Illinois. Where do Illinois call home? You guessed it: Pennsylvania.

Turns out the four gents of Illinois will be stirring up a shitstorm of geographical confusion this spring, as they hitch a wagon to the Hold Steady's tour caravan in late May, opening a raging kegger's worth of dates for those Minneapolis booze-rockers. Young Illinois should know how to razzle-dazzle large crowds by then, having just wrapped up a sold-out tour with the UK's latest boy band export, the Kooks.

Illinois contributed to the centuries-old legacy of the Land of Lincoln by releasing the What the Hell Do I Know? EP last month via Ace Fu.

Come on, feel the Illinois:

04-12 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
04-13 Philadelphia, PA - Popped Festival
04-20 Bronxville, NY - Sarah Lawrence College *
04-25 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
04-26 San Francisco, CA - Independent #
04-28 San Diego, CA - Casbah
04-30 San Francisco, CA - Slim's ^
05-02 Portland, OR - Doug Fir ^
05-03 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe ^
05-05 Chicago, IL - Metro ^
05-07 Columbus, OH - The Basement ^
05-08 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace ^
05-10 New York, NY - Irving Plaza ^
05-11 New York, NY - Irving Plaza ^
05-12 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ^
05-13 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club ^
05-22 Chicago, IL - Schubas
05-23 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
05-26 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
05-27 Portland, OR - White Eagle
05-30 San Francisco, CA - Slim's %
05-31 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey %
06-01 San Diego, CA - Cane's %
06-02 Phoenix, AZ - Brick House %
06-04 Tucson, AZ - Plush %
06-07 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington %
06-08 Austin, TX - Emo's %
06-09 Denton, TX - Hailey's %
06-10 Norman, OK - Opolis %
06-11 Little Rock, AR - Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack %
06-12 Columbia, MO - Blue Note %
06-14 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall %

* with Grizzly Bear
# with Birdmonster, the Cribs
^ with the Kooks
% with the Hold Steady