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These days, Okkervil River are all about expansiveness. All set to drop the spacious Stage Names-- which they'll flesh out further with a previously-reported bonus demo disc-- Okkervil are expanding their tour into the fall and over to another continent. They've got a pair of curiously sparse dual UK runs set to follow a month or so of North American gigs, all coming hot on the heels of Jagjaguwar's August 7 release of The Stage Names. See? Expansive!

Next up for Okkervil: a triple-live LP, featuring overdubs by Spiritualized's Jason Pierce and several tracks co-written with Sufjan. Er, maybe not.

Okkervil:

08-30 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
08-31 Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse
09-03 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
09-04 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
09-05 San Francisco, CA - Independent *
09-08 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan (MusicFest NW) *
09-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
09-10 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
09-13 Denver, CO - Marquee Theater *
09-14 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
09-15 Iowa City, IA - Picador *
09-17 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre *
09-18 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *
09-19 Urbana, IL - The Canopy Club (Pygmalion Festival) *
09-21 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
09-22 Hamilton, Ontario - Pepper Jack's Café *
09-23 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
09-24 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground *
09-25 Boston, MA - Middle East *
09-26 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
09-28 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
09-29 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
09-30 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
10-02 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
10-03 Athens, GA - 40 Watt *
10-04 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder *
10-06 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *
11-06 Colchester, England - Arts Centre
11-07 Nottingham, England - The Social
11-08 Newcastle, England - Newcastle University
11-09 Glasgow, Scotland - Nice N Sleazy
11-10 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
12-04 Brighton, England - Pressure Point
12-05 Liverpool, England - Academy
12-06 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
12-07 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
12-08 Cardiff, England - Barfly
12-09 London, England - Luminaire

* with Damien Jurado