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From the Planet of Ice to this planet of Earth, Minus the Bear will bring the hits (and those hits' unwieldy titles) on a continent-spanning North American tour they've scheduled for the months of March and April.

Along the way the Seattle quintet will meet up with Frenchkissers the Big Sleep, whose Sleep Forever somnambulated into our lives just this week, and Portugal. The Man, who hail from the ice planet of sorts known as Alaska. I hear they use weird punctuation up there.

Speaking of non-contiguous U.S. States, the next Minus the Bear date is February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, although the tour proper won't kick off until March 24. That gives you plenty of time to scheme to steal their beloved white tiger. Just kidding, you shouldn't do that. That would be mean.

Ooh, and the Big Sleep have dates minus Minus the Bear too. Catch all the hottt tour date listing action below.

- the Bear:

02-23 Honolulu, HI - Pipeline Cafe
03-09 South Florida Everglades, FL - Langerado Festival
03-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
03-26 Calgary, Alberta - Warehouse Night Club
03-27 Edmonton, Alberta - The Starlite
03-29 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Royal Albert
03-31 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig *#
04-01 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House *#
04-02 Rochester, NY - The Club at Water Street *#
04-03 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel *#
04-04 Hamden, CT - Alumni Hall at Quinnipiac University
04-05 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street #
04-06 Waltham, MA - Great Lawn (early show)
04-06 Boston, MA - Paradise *#
04-07 New York, NY - Webster Hall *#
04-08 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts #
04-09 Towson, MD - Recher Theatre *#
04-10 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *#
04-12 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's *#
04-13 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues *#
04-15 Bloomington, IN - Bluebird Nightclub *#
04-16 Chicago, IL - House of Blues *#
04-17 Madison, WI - Club 770 *#
04-18 Columbia, MO - Blue Note *#
04-21 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre *#
04-22 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *#
04-23 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues *#
04-26 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
04-29 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club *#
06-13 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo

* with the Big Sleep
# with Portugal. The Man

SLEEP:

02-21 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
02-27 Grantham, PA - Messiah College
02-28 Washington, DC - Black Cat $
03-01 Allston, MA - Great Scott ^
03-05 Norfolk, VA - The Boot ^
03-06 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 ^
03-07 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn ^
03-08 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree ^
03-10 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
03-12 Austin, TX - Mohawk (Frenchkiss SXSW showcase)
03-13 Austin, TX - Red Eyed Fly (Noise Pop SXSW party)
03-14 Austin, TX - Beauty Bar (SXSW)
03-15 Austin, TX - Saxon Pub (SXSW)
03-18 Bloomington, IN - Bluebird ~
03-19 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie %
03-20 Columbus, OH - Ravari Room
04-04 Washington, DC - Black Cat +
04-05 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts +

$ with Statehood
^ with Say Hi
% with Parts & Labor
~ with Old Time Relijun
+ with Les Savy Fav, the Dodos