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It seems illness has forced She & Him-- one M. Ward and one Zooey Deschanel-- to cancel tonight's set at New York City's Hiro Ballroom, which would've kicked off their all-too-brief touring plans. (Via Brooklyn Vegan.) All other dates on the tour are still on, as is their appearance on tomorrow night's episode of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien".

That "Conan" performance will be extra special because Deschanel and Ward will have an extra special backing band: Yo La Tengo. (Yo La's Ira Kaplan was also set to play piano with the A-Bones tonight when they opened for She & Him show at the Hiro. They won't be opening tomorrow's show.)

Here's the statement released via the band's publicist:

Due to illness, tonight's performance of She & Him at Hiro Ballroom has been postponed to a TBA date. We're still working out the details for the new date, but we ask customers to be patient and hold on to their tickets until a new date is announced, all tickets from the original date will be honored. We'll have more details very shortly, thanks for your understanding.

UPDATE: The April 22 show has been moved from the Hiro Ballroom to the larger Webster Hall.

When they're not flaunting the ampersand, Zooey's got plenty of film stuff in the works, while M.'s lining up the festival appearances, with dates at Outside Lands, Austin City Limits, and the Pitchfork Music Festival.

She & Him:

04-21 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom
04-22 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom Webster Hall
04-28 Los Angeles, CA - Vista Theater
04-29 Los Angeles, CA - Vista Theater
05-18 San Francisco, CA - Oysterfest

M. Ward:

07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) *
08-24 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
09-26 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival

* with Spoon, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, Ghostface and Raekwon, Les Savy Fav, the Apples in Stereo, Boris, Dirty Projectors, Cut Copy, Dodos, Extra Golden, El Guincho, Fuck Buttons