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Garage rocker Mark Sultan is a man of many aliases. He's probably best known as the BBQ half of the King Khan & BBQ Show, but he also released his first album under his given name last year, The Sultanic Verses.

Though he's without King Khan's craziness for the time being, Sultan will continue to support The Sultanic Verses on a North American tour under his BBQ guise this month. He'll kick things off May 10 in Ottawa, before closing out the month with a week of gigs opening for Clinic-- whose trademark surgical masks should pair nicely with Sultan's getup up there.

BBQ:

05-10 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon
05-15 New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine
05-16 Boston, MA - The Abbey
05-17 Brooklyn, NY - Don Pedro's
05-19 Asheville, NC - The Admiral
05-21 Memphis, TN - Murphy's
05-22 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
05-23 Austin, TX - Emo's *
05-24 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon *
05-25 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
05-26 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
05-27 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club *
05-28 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
05-29 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *
05-30 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
05-31 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *

* with Clinic