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King Khan and Mark Sultan: two dudes with too much rock to give and a couple more monikers than even the most fact-conscious reporter can fathom. Let's do what we can to get it all straight, shall we?

Canadian-by-way-of-Germany, King Khan-- garage rock powderkeg personified-- is taking two of his many bands out on tour. King Khan and His Shrines (aka King Khan & the Shrines) just wrapped up a lengthy European tour, while the King Khan & BBQ Show-- which finds Khan alongside his former Spaceshits bandmate Mark "BBQ" Sultan-- will step to the U.S. for a month and a half of dates starting in late October, following Sultan's own time in Europe.

Both Khan bands and Sultan have put out fine releases in the last year or so: the Shrines' What Is?!, the Khan/BBQ Show's equally vicious What's for Dinner, and Mark Sultan's rising Sultanic Verses. See all of these people, or some of these people, or perhaps none of these people at the loco-ales following the jump.

The King Khan & BBQ Show:

09-27 Munster, Germany - Gleis 22
10-24 New Bedford, MA - The Bull Pen
10-25 New York, NY - Cake Shop
10-26 Brooklyn, NY - Death by Audio
10-27 Washington, DC - Red and Black Bar
10-29 Asheville, NC - Joli Rouge
10-30 Huntsville, AL - Flying Monkey
10-31 Atlanta, GA - Lenny's
11-02 Miami, FL - Churchill's
11-02 Orlando, FL - Copper Rocket
11-06 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
11-07 Houston, TX - Rudyard's
11-08 Austin, TX - Mohawk Place
11-09 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
11-12 Tucson, AZ - Vaudeville
11-13 San Diego, CA - Pink Elephant
11-15 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
11-16 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies
11-17 Oakland, CA - Stork Club
11-20 Portland, OR - Dante's
11-21 Seattle, WA - Funhouse
11-23 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
11-24 Denver, CO - Bender's
11-27 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
11-28 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
11-29 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
11-30 Milwaukee, WI - Linneman's
12-01 Chicago, IL - The Note
12-02 Kalamazoo, MI - Kraftbrau Brewery
12-04 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
12-05 Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class
12-06 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
12-08 New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
12-09 Allston, MA - Great Scott

Mark Sultan:

09-28 Haarlem, Netherlands - Patronaat
09-29 Den Haag, Netherlands - Impolite Garage Festival
09-30 Paris, France - La Mécanique Ondulatoire
10-03 Nancy, France - L'Autre Canal
10-04 Rotterdam, Netherlands - The Waterfront
10-05 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
10-06 Diksmuide, Belgium - 4AD