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Here's a new one: Jens Lekman's kicking off his U.S. tour tonight in Bloomington, Indiana with a 21-minus show. Yep, you've gotta be illegal to ride this ride, as Jens warms himself up with a special set for the kiddies at the John Waldron Arts Center before taking the stage later that evening at Jake's (a 21+ affair). Nice guy, that Jens.

Stateside fans of sample-heavy Swedish pop both young and old can have at Jens for the next three weeks or so as young Mr. Lekman croons his way across the country. He'll skip out in mid-November before embarking on a UK trek later in the month. And, just in case you don't meet Jens' stringent age requirements, you can catch him on that Arthur Russell tribute EP, or (finally) pick up the nifty Night Falls Over Kortedala in the U.S. from Secretly Canadian.

Jens:

10-23 Bloomington, IN - John Waldron Arts Center #
10-23 Bloomington, IN - Jake's #
10-25 Washington, DC - Black Cat #
10-26 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #
10-27 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
10-28 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg #
10-29 Boston, MA - Paradise #
11-01 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom # ^
11-02 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium #^
11-03 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club #^
11-06 Seattle, WA - Easy Street Records (in-store)
11-06 Seattle, WA - Nectar #!
11-07 Portland, OR - Someday Lounge #!
11-09 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club #!
11-10 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour #!
11-13 Dallas, TX - Granada &
11-14 Austin, TX - Parish
11-15 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
11-16 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
11-27 Manchester, England - Sacred Trinity Church
11-28 Leeds, England - Holy Trinity Church
11-29 Sheffield, England - The Plug %
11-30 Manchester, England - Academy 2 %
12-01 Glasgow, Scotland - QMU %
12-03 Gateshead, England - The Sage 2 %
12-04 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms %
12-05 Bristol, England - Academy %
12-07 Oxford, England - Academy %
12-08 Brighton, England - Concorde 2 %
12-09 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire %
12-11 London, England - The Luminaire
12-12 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's

$ with Todd Barry
# with Viktor Sjöberg (closing set)
^ with Dave Fischoff
! with Throw Me the Statue
& with Sarah Jaffe
% with Josh Rouse