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Happy National Robyn Day!

What's that you say? It's already International Dance Day? Well, hell, that's perfect. Robyn and dancing, two things worth celebrating.

April 29, 2008 is the day that Robyn's fantastic 2005 self-titled LP finally, finally, finally hits Stateside record stores from Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope. And if that weren't enough, tonight's also the night that Robyn kicks off a brief but exceedingly welcome run of North American tour dates. Robyn takes the stage at Boston's Paradise for the first of 11 intracontinental gigs, including a recently added stop at the Virgin Megastore in New York. She'll also make her first Stateside television appearance on the "Late Show With David Letterman" this Thursday, May 1.

Since it's been years since Robyn's initial Swedish release, the set's American counterpart is a little-- okay, kind of a lot-- different. The tracklist's been shifted around a tad, just about every subsequent song you've heard Robyn do in the last three years makes an appearance, "Bum Like You" and "Robotboy" have a bit more pep, and the Christian Falk-produced "Dream On" appears to be stripped of the backing vocals from the Ark's Ola Salo. Whatever-- it still rules, and I am totally gonna go buy a copy after work.

Once her North American trip wraps, Robyn's headed to the UK for a run in June and a newly added stop at the Perfect Day Festival. Oh, and if you haven't yet, take a gander at Pitchfork contributor Nitsuh Abebe's recent chat with Robyn over there at Pitchfork.tv.

Robyn:

04-29 Boston, MA - Paradise
04-30 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
05-01 New York, NY - Virgin Megastore
05-02 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
05-04 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe
05-05 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
05-07 Chicago, IL - Park West
05-13 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
05-14 Seattle, WA - Neumos
05-16 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's
05-17 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
06-06 Glasgow, Scotland - The Arches
06-07 Birmingham, England - Carling Academy
06-08 London, England - Astoria
06-10 Manchester, England - Academy 2
06-11 Norwich, England - UEA
06-12 Bristol, England - Carling Academy
07-25 Wiltshire, England - Perfect Day Festival

Robyn (U.S. version):

01 Curriciulm Vitae
02 Konichiwa Bitches
03 Cobrastyle
04 Handle Me
05 Bum Like You
06 Be Mine!
07 With Every Heartbeat (with Kleerup)
08 Who's That Girl
09 Bionic Woman
10 Crash and Burn Girl
11 Robotboy
12 Eclipse
13 Should Have Known
14 Any Time You Like
15 Dream On
16 Handle Me (RedOne remix)