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Mouse on fire: Modest Mouse kicked off their crazy-anticipated North American tour in support of We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank with a gig last night at Seattle's Paramount. It was the Pacific Northwest titans' first since docking Ship atop the Billboard 200 album charts-- and to the best of our knowledge, as far as celebratory gestures went, Isaac Brock stuck to the bottle and left the knife at home.

Catch Modest Mouse gnawing their way to a city near you this spring.















Modesty is a virtue:

04-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum #
04-17 Boise, ID - Big Easy Concert House #
04-20 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre #
04-21 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre #
04-22 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre #
04-24 Toronto, Ontario - Hummingbird Center for the Performing Arts
04-25 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis *
04-26 Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory *
04-27 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre *
04-29 New York, NY - The United Palace *
04-30 New York, NY - The United Palace *
05-02 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel *
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
05-04 Greensboro, NC - Coliseum Special Events Center *
05-05 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Music Park *
05-06 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena Concert Hall *
05-08 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
05-09 Austin, TX - The Backyard *
05-10 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre *
05-12 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheater *
05-13 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre *
05-14 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena at San Diego State University *
05-16 San Jose, CA - San Jose State University
05-20 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (ATP vs. the Fans)
05-23 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
06-01 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
08-03-05 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-31-09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic

# with Grand Archives
* with Man Man, Love as Laughter