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What a heady month April was for Interpol! They met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in hopes of furthering cooperation between the two collectives, and embarked on an adventure worthy of the Hardy Boys, recovering an ancient Iraqi sculpture in Lebanon that was taken from the national museum in Baghdad. Gee willikers!

Oh, so apparently there's this police organization called Interpol that totally stole the name of the moody New York rockers. Still, Interpol the band had quite an April, too, what trickling out details surrounding their third opus (titled Our Love to Admire and due July 10 on Capitol), a set at Coachella, and the debut of Sam Fogarino's chocolate-covered strawberries recipe. Maybe they didn't crack the case of the missing head of King Sanatruq I of Hatra, but they did write a song called "No I in Threesome", and that kind of linguistic detective work would make Nancy Drew swoon.

What'll the summer have in store for these stealthy, synthy, sharp-dresed sleuths? A whirlwind world tour, that's what, including a number of just-announced North American dates.

The mystery of the missing major chords:

05-10 Paris, France - Cabaret Sauvage (Le Printemps des Inrocks)
05-12 Cologne, Germany - Kulturkirche
05-14 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-15 London, England - KOKO
05-19 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (KROQ Weenie Roast)
05-27 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
05-31 Dallas, TX - The Palladium
06-02 Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (99X Big Day Out)
06-03 Chicago, IL - Metro
06-07 Toronto, Ontario - The Guverment
06-09 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Live 105 BFD 07)
06-10 San Diego, CA - Devore Stadium (94/9 Independence Jam)
06-21 Dusseldorf, Germany - Dusseldorf LTU Arena
06-23 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-24 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-25 Dresden, Germany - Dresden Alter Schlachthof
06-27 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
06-28 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
06-29 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator
07-01 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-05 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock
07-07 Naas, Ireland - Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen)
07-08 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
08-04 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-05 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (V Festival)
08-11 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-12 Osaka, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-24 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-25 Leeds, England - Leeds England