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Tonight in Toronto marks the first of many on-stage meetings betwixt beloved Canadian indie-pop monolith the New Pornographers and Texas troubadour troupe Okkervil River, as the two take to the road in tandem in the month of April.

No word on just who'll be joining the notoriously wily Pornographers on the trek, though Okkervil, following the departure of guitarist Brian Cassidy, will be boosted by a familiar face for the tour: Charles Bissell of the Wrens. Check out the full schedule of joint dates and gigs beyond below.

Okkervil have a UK digital single in the works for The Stage Names' "A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene", due June 9 from Jagjaguwar. The new release sports both the album version and an exclusive demo. The Pornos have a fairly fresh one, too: the Live From SoHo thing they stuck onto iTunes last month.

New Pornographers/Okkervil River:

04-09 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
04-10 Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot Ballroom
04-11 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
04-12 Munhall, PA - Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
04-13 Ithaca, NY - The State Theater of Ithaca
04-14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-15 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-16 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place
04-17 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
04-18 Nashville, TN - The Cannery
04-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
04-20 Chicago, IL - Riviera
04-21 Madison, WI - Orpheum
04-22 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
05-24-26 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
08-01-03 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)

New Pornographers:

05-23-25 Chillicothe, IL - Three Sisters Park (Summer Camp Music Festival)
06-21 Minneapolis, MN - Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (Rock the Garden 2008) *
07-17 Benicàssim, Spain - Benicàssim Festival
08-08-10 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West)

* with Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Cloud Cult

Okkervil River:

04-24 Covington, KY - Mad Hatter
04-25 Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo
05-15 Brighton, England - The Great Escape
05-16-18 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (Explosions in the Sky ATP)
05-29-31 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fórum (Primavera Sound)
08-05-09 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival #

# with Roky Erickson