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Spooky Liverpudlian dance rockers Ladytron kick off their North American tour tonight, which is great news for folks in Edmonton, Alberta with a boogie jones and good news for any ticketholders for the band's upcoming stops. Once the North American leg winds down in early July (after stints at Bonnaroo and Thievery Corporation's Outernational tour), they're off to Europe and then Down Under. Fellow synth nerds Datarock open the North American trek.

But Ladytron fans with internet connections are in luck, for today the world is your Alberta, the internet your Edmonton, and the iTunes store your Starlite Room, and you can hold your very own globe-spanning dance party right this instant. Yup, the new Ladytron album Velocifero is available for purchase in the iTunes store today, some two weeks before its physical release hits shelves June 3 on Nettwerk.

Velocifero:

05-20 Edmonton, Alberta - The Starlite Room *
05-21 Calgary, Alberta - The Warehouse *
05-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *
05-24 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
05-25 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
05-27 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
05-29 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *
05-30 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *
05-31 San Diego, CA - Belly Up *
06-02 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
06-03 Denver, CO - The Gothic *
06-05 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom *
06-06 Austin, TX - Stubb's *
06-07 Houston, TX - Meridian *
06-08 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
06-11 Tampa, FL - Czar *
06-12 Orlando, FL - Club Firestone *
06-12 Miami, FL - Studio A *
06-13 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
06-15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
06-16 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
06-17 Chicago, IL - Vic Theater *
06-18 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall *
06-25 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
06-26 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *
06-27 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *
06-28 Washington, DC - Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
06-28 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
06-30 Boston, MA - Paradise *
07-02 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis (Jazz Fest) *
07-03 Quebec City, Quebec - Theatre Imperial de Quebec (Summer Fest) *
07-04 Toronto, Ontario - Harbourfront Centre *
07-05 Ottawa, Ontario - Blues Festival
07-12 Breclav, Czech Republic - Creamfields Central Europe
07-16 London, England - Astoria
08-08 Cannes, France - Pantiero Festival
09-29 Sydney, Australia - Metro
10-01 Brisbane, Australia - Tivoli
10-02 Melbourne, Australia - Corner Hotel
10-04 Sydney, Australia - Great Escape Festival
10-05 Perth, Australia - Bakery Artrage Complex

* with Datarock
^ with TV on the Radio, Thievery Corporation, Seu Jorge, Turntables on the Hudson, Federico Aubele