Pitchfork

Photo by Will Marsh

It was just about this time last year when we announced that Minnesotan slowcore staples Low would be opening for their fellow Midwestern vets Wilco on a mess of late spring/early summer dates. Twelve months later, and the song remains largely the same: on Wilco's April and May 2008 dates, they'll be joined by Low guitarist/vocalist Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir. We're guessing the last time out went pretty well, eh guys?

Wilco have added quite a few dates since the last time we checked in with 'em, including new stops well into the summer and festival appearances at Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, and Ireland's Electric Picnic Festival. Two shows in Alaska, too!

As for Sparhawk, both Low and RGC have European dates before and North American dates after the big meetup with Wilco. And there's even a lone gig for Sparhawk's Black-Eyed Snakes in St. Paul when all is said and done.

Wilco:

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 Bar-B-Q *
05-12 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q *
05-14 Lawrence, KS - 10th & New Hampshire (Lawrence Arts Center) *
05-15 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
05-16 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
05-17 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
07-25 Fairbanks, AK - The Blue Loon
07-26 Anchorage, AK - The Moose's Tooth
08-01-03 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-07 Charleston, SC - North Charleston PAC
08-08 Cary, NC - Koko Booth Amphitheatre
08-10 Wilmington, DE - Grand Opera House
08-12 Lenox, MA - Tanglewood
08-13 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Pool
08-23 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheatre
08-24 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
08-29-31 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival

* with Retribution Gospel Choir

Retribution Gospel Choir:

04-21 London, England - Water Rats
04-22 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
04-23 Leuven, Belgium - Stuk
04-24 Düsseldorf, Germany - Zakk
04-25 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
04-26 Berlin, Germany - White Trash
06-06 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre *
06-07 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
06-08 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
06-09 Philadelphia, PA - North Star
06-16 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
06-17 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
06-18 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
06-19 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs
06-20 Montreal, Quebec - Casa Del Popolo
06-21 Toronto, Ontario - The Rivoli
06-22 Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theatre
07-06 San Diego, CA - Casbah
07-07 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour
07-08 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
07-10 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
07-11 Seattle, WA - High Dive

* with Mark Kozelek

Low:

04-16 Brighton, England - St. George's Church
04-17 Leeds, England - City Varieties
04-18 Gateshead, England - Sage
04-19 London, England - Union Chapel
07-15 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
07-16 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater

The Black-Eyed Snakes:

07-18 Saint Paul, MN - Deep Blues Festival