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Make Owen a pallet on your floor; the violin virtuoso at the heart of Final Fantasy is setting off on a proper fall tour. It will find him looping around North America in October and November, after an impressive run at this weekend's Calgary Folk Festival and a couple weeks in Europe.

Still no word yet on Owen's purportedly forthcoming LP Heartland, but kicking off one's American tour in North Manchester, Indiana is probably good inspiration for anything with that title.

UPDATE: WE HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED BY PALLET'S AGENT THAT THAT THE FIREHOUSE, THE VENUE AT WHICH THIS SHOW WAS TO TAKE PLACE, "GOT FLOODED AND CRUSHED LAST NIGHT!" SO, UH, THAT SHOW ISN'T HAPPENING.

ALSO, A GOOD PORTION OF THE TOUR IS A CO-HEADLINING TREK WITH CADENCE WEAPON!

In other Final Fantasy news, Owen shows up a couple times on Immaculate Machine's Fables LP.

Finally:

07-26 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park (Calgary Folk Festival)
07-27 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park (Calgary Folk Festival)
07-28 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park (Calgary Folk Festival)
07-29 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park (Calgary Folk Festival)
08-13 Malmo, Sweden - Sommarscen
08-15 Paris, France - Pigalle Estival
08-16 Brest, France - Jeudis Duport
08-17 Vendome, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08-18 Vendome, France - Vendome Festival
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
10-04 Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montreal Festival
10-11 North Manchester, Indiana - The Firehouse
10-12 Chicago, IL - Schubas ^
10-13 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry ^
10-15 Winnipeg, Manitoba - West End Cultural Centre ^
10-16 Regina, Saskatchewan - The Exchange ^
10-17 Edmonton, KY - Starlight Room ^
10-18 Calgary, Alberta - The Warehouse ^
10-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards on Richards %^
10-21 Victoria, British Columbia - Alix Goolden Hall ^
10-22 Seattle, WA - Nector !
10-23 Portland, OR - Someday Lounge !
10-25 San Francisco, CA - Independent !
10-26 Pomona, CA - Glass House !
10-28 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour !
10-29 San Diego, CA - Beauty Bar !
10-30 Phoenix, AZ - Modified !
11-01 Abilene, TX - Monks !
11-02 Denton, TX - Hailey's !
11-03 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Festival !
11-07 Charleston, SC - Map Room !
11-09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Chapel !
11-10 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's !
11-11 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom !
11-12 Cambridge, MA - Middle East !

^ with Basia Bulat
% with Great Lake Swimmers
! with Cadence Weapon