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Keep that meter running, sport; this Death Cab ain't fixing to slow up anytime soon. Death Cab for Cutie's tour in support of Atlantic's May 13 release of the band's sixth LP Narrow Stairs, just got a ittle bigger.

The band have added a number of dates well into the summer, which will keep this Death Cab moving in spurts from April 18 off into August. Notable new additions include a night at Red Rocks, a stop at the first-ever Pemberton Festival, and, finally, a trek to Japan's Summer Sonic in the hot season. Openers for various dates include Rogue Wave, Tegan and Sara, the Cave Singers, and Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls.

Oh, that kinda pixelated rainbow thing right up there? That's the cover art for Narrow Stairs. While you're looking longingly at those oozing hues, head on over to iTunes, where you can pre-order the album. The regular iTunes pre-order version of the album comes with several bonuses: the radio edit of first single "I Will Possess Your Heart" (which happens to be eight minutes long), the demo version of "The Ice Is Getting Thinner", and "Audio Credits (As Read by Mike West)", which we believe is a recording of this guy reading the album credits.

The deluxe iTunes pre-order version contains all of the above as well as the demo version of "No Sunlight" and the videos for both the long and short versions of "I Will Possess Your Heart".

No word yet as to whether or not there's going to be a deluxe version of the physical album as well. Surprise! There will NOT be a deluxe version.

DCFC:

04-18 Bremerton, WA - Admiral Theatre *
04-19 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre *
04-21 Arcata, CA - Van Dozer Theatre at Humbolt State *
04-22 Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall at UC Davis *
04-23 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
04-24 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel #
04-26 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-09 Providence, RI - Providence Piers !
05-10 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion !
05-24 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater ^
05-25 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
05-28 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre %
06-09 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion %
06-13 Cleveland, OH - Plain Dealer Pavilion %
06-15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-17 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre %
07-27 Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Festival
08-09 Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08-10 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival

* with the Cave Singers
# with Tegan and Sara
! with Amanda Palmer
^ with the Decemberists
% with Rogue Wave