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Bon voyage! Thurston Moore's heading out on a vision quest or two in late September and October, when he'll play a handful of dates in support of his second solo joint, Trees Outside the Academy, out September 18 on his Ecstatic Peace label.

Thurston's backing band will consist of Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, Samara Lubelski (Tower Recordings), Christopher Brokaw (Codeine, Come), and bassist Matt Heyner.

Charalambides' Christina Carter, all over Trees, will be opening the shows, both as herself and as Scorces, her longtime duo Heather Murray.

Extended family's nice and all, but Thurston will go nuclear with Kim and co. on quite a few dates Sonic Youth have on the way themselves.

Thurston Moore:

09-24 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *
09-26 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09-27 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts * (free for college students)
09-28 Princeton, NJ - Princeton University Terrace Club * (free for college students)
09-29 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
09-30 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
10-24 Seattle, WA - Neumos #
10-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
10-26 Arcata, CA - Humbolt State University #
10-29 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall #
10-30 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex #
12-07-09 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (ATP Nightmare Before Christmas)

* with Christina Carter
# with Scorces

Sonic Youth:

08-15 Porto, Portugal - Paredes de Coura Festival
08-17 Saint-Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival ^
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival ^
08-19 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands
08-21 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC1 ^
08-22 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC 1 ^
08-25 Prague, Czech Republic - Archa Theatre *
08-26 Vienna, Austria - Openair at ARENA *
08-27 Zagreb, Croatia - In Music Festival
08-29 Paris, France - La Vilette Jazz Festival %
08-30 London, England - Roundhouse ^
08-31 London, England - Roundhouse ^
09-01 London, England - Roundhouse ^
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
10-05 Austin, TX - Stubbs BBQ $
10-06 Marfa, TX - Thunderbird Hotel
10-07 Dallas, TX - House of Blues $

^ performing Daydream Nation
* with Carsick Cars
% performing with Mats Gustafson, Michel Doneda, and Jean-Marc Monterra
$ with Meat Puppets