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Indie bands, here's how you know you've made it: Kanye West not only rhymes over your song, but asks you to be his backing band. That's just what has happened to Peter Bjorn and John, as the Louis Vuitton Don has invited PBJ to accompany him when he plays Gothenburg, Sweden's Way Out West Festival August 11 (which, surprise surprise, they're also playing). No word on whether they've accepted, but if they do, think they'll play "Young Folks"?

Ah, to fly around the world on the strength of a song. The recently famous Swedish popsters (who, it should be noted, have three whole albums worth of songs practically as good as "Young Folks") will re-issue the single for their Victoria Bergsman-assisted unlikely megasmash Setepmber 17 in the UK on Wichita Recordings. The multiformat single will spread remixes from Diplo, Phones, and Beyond the Wizards around its three versions, and stick "Ancient Curse" (which can be found in the U.S. on the Almost Gold-issued expanded edition of Writer's Block) on the back of its 7".

Peter Bjorn and John are presently on the road, where they'll stay for quite some time. Tonight they kick off their latest American tour, which hits Lollapalooza and the Virgin Festival this weekend.

7":

A Young Folks
B Ancient Curse

12":
01 Young Folks (Beyond the Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation)
02 Young Folks (Phones 'Problem Child' mix)
03 Young Folks (Diplo remix)

CD:
01 Young Folks
02 Young Folks (OrtzRoka remix)
03 Young Folks (Beyond the Wizards sleeve re-animation)

Peter Bjorn and John:

07-31 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater !
08-01 San Diego, CA - House of Blues !
08-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Gallivan Center *
08-04 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Lollapalooza)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Double Door ^
08-06 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre %
08-07 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
08-08 Nashville, TN - City Hall
08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-15 Paredes de Coura, Portugal - Paredes du Coura Festival
08-16 Saint-Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08-19 Cologne, Germany - C/O Pop Festival
08-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-25 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 London, England - Get Loaded in the Park Festival
09-05 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
09-06 New York, NY - Roseland #
09-07 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom #
09-08 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
09-09 Toronto, Ontario - V Festival
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
09-12 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse #
09-14 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-16 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre #
09-17 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern #
09-18 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield #
09-19 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom #
09-20 Seattle, WA - Showbox #
09-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore #
09-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #

! with Cass McCombs
* with Apostle of Hustle
^ with Los Campesinos!
% with Andrew Bird, McCarthy Trenching
# with the Clientele