Pitchfork

All those late night séances, wishing hives upon those goons in Maroon 5... boy did that backfire in amusing fashion. Maroon 5 will indeed have Hives when they smother North America in a downy pillow of soft rock this autumn, but not the hideous, disfiguring variety you tried to curse them with. If the capital H didn't already tip you off, these Hives come from Sweden, they rock with serious panache, and damned if they don't look good. Quite good.

And so it is, a Maroon 5 tour of the U.S. and Canada with the Hives as support, according to Billboard.com. This mismatched pairing kicks things off in Michigan on September 29, whirls through a bunch of arenas bearing bland-ass corporate sponsor-y names, and finally settles in Vegas November 10. Hate to say we...never saw this one coming?

The Hives, of course, are no strangers to top 40 megastarz-- they already teamed with Timbaland for a track on the latter's Shock Value, and will likely appear on the next Raconteurs disc. They've also been working in earnest on the follow-up to 2004's Tyrannosaurus Hives.

Hives dates:

07-19 Tromso, Norway - Bukta Festival
07-20 Trenčín, Slovakia - Pohoda Festival
07-22 Valencia, Spain - Benacàssim Festival
07-27 Östersund, Sweden - Storsjöyran Festival
08-07 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-11 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
08-17 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-24 Paris, France - Rock en Seine
08-26 Hamburg, Germany - T-Mobile Festival
09-29 Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills *
10-01 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center *
10-02 Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena *
10-04 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre *
10-05 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena *
10-07 Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena *
10-08 Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena *
10-10 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
10-12 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun *
10-13 Philadelphia, PA - Wachnovia Center *
10-15 Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden *
10-16 Washington, DC - Verizon Center *
10-18 Columbia, SC - Colonial Center *
10-20 Sunrise, FL - Bank Atlantic Center *
10-21 St. Petersburg, FL - St. Pete Times Forum *
10-23 Orlando, FL - Amway Arena *
10-24 Duluth, GA - Gwinett Civic Center *
10-26 Houston, TX - Toyota Center *
10-27 Fort Worth, TX - Convention Center *
10-29 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center *
10-31 Salt Lake City, UT - Energy Solutions Arena *
11-02 Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum *
11-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum *
11-05 Sacramento, CA - ARCO Arena *
11-06 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion *
11-08 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center *
11-09 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena *
11-10 Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl *

* with Maroon 5