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For folks up and down the mid-section of North America, there's plenty of Wilco to come this spring, as the gents will follow up their current run of shows in Australia and New Zealand with a decidedly landlocked tour of the U.S. and, briefly, Canada.

The new tour kicks off in Rochester, Minnesota on the last day of April and sets down mid-May in St. Louis. Sky Blue Sky in big sky country? "Side With the Seeds" amidst the cornfields? Hard to argue with that kinda synergy.

Wherever you may hang your hat at night, you'll soon be able to pick up a copy of the Rock the Net: Musicians for Net Neutrality comp or the soundtrack to "Heroes", both of which feature a Wilco track. There's also that rescheduled South Carolina date way off in August, a beacon of hope for a full-out summer tour. Not to mention those rumors that Wilco just might be headlining one day of a certain massive festival in their hometown the first weekend in August...

In related news, Wilco's Glenn Kotche, along with the National's Bryce Dessner, will guest with Bang on a Can All-Stars at Northwestern University's Sonic Divergence Music Festival, taking place in Evanston, Illinois on April 6.

Wilco:

03-20 Byron Bay, Australia - East Coast Blues Festival
03-22 Whitianga, New Zealand - Bluesfest
03-23 Auckland, New Zealand - Bruce Mason Centre
03-24 Wellington, New Zealand - Opera House
03-26 Melbourne, Australia - Palace Theatre *
04-30 Rochester, MN - Mayo Civic Center
05-01 Fargo, ND - Fargo Civic Auditorium
05-02 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
05-04 Bozeman, MT - Emerson Cultural Center
05-05 Missoula, MT - Adams Center
05-07 Grand Junction, CO - Avalon Theater
05-08 Colorado Springs, CO - Pikes Peak Center
05-09 Albuquerque, NM - Popejoy Hall
05-11 Austin, TX - Stubb's
05-12 Austin, TX - Stubb's
05-15 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
05-16 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
08-07 Charleston, SC - North Charleston PAC

* with the Drones