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Best to leave ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman off your dance card. After all, she's taken-- Taken by Trees! Ho ho ho ho! Ha ha! Ha.

Ahem. Much more welcome than that completely impotent attempt at humor is the news that Ms. Bergsman will take her Trees solo project across the Atlantic next month. That's right folks, it's a tour, and it pops off February 22 in New York City.

"Young Folks"' secret weapon will then wind her way north-ward, break my heart by not coming to Chicago, and wrap up her tidy little tour in Seattle March 4. Ooh, and she shows some love to her native Sweden on one date beforehand.

And in a bid for honorary U.S. citizenship, Bergsman has gone and covered one of the most goddamned American bands ever, dammit, Guns N' Roses. The Taken by Trees take on "Sweet Child O' Mine" will turn up on iTunes February 19 via Rough Trade. Or scoop it up in 7" format at one of those tour stops. You know, the ones that aren't even remotely near Chicago.

Open Field is out now.

Sigh.

02-08 Uppsala, Sweden - Konserthuset
02-22 New York, NY - Zipper Theatre
02-23 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
02-25 Montreal, Quebec - Musée Juste Pour Rire
02-28 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
03-01 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
03-04 Seattle, WA - Triple Door