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Photos by Pat Graham

Goodness gracious, great balls of hail! Modest Mouse, in the midst of their big tour with R.E.M. and the National, went face to face with mother nature's fury during a headlining gig last night at Council Bluffs, Iowa's Westfair Amphitheater. Ferocious lightning and hail, however, didn't stop the band and its most diehard fans-- a few of whom could maybe stand to get a new Modest Mouse t-shirt-- from riding out the storm and floating on through the rest of the set after a little impromptu percussive jam session.

As guitarist Johnny Marr colorfully put it to the crowd, "We stuck around 'cause you stuck around. You fuckers are crazy."

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Wet Rodent:

06-05 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center *^
06-06 Chicago, IL - United Center *^
06-08 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheater *^
06-10 Raleigh, North Carolina - Walnut Creek Amphitheatre *^
06-11 Washington, DC - Merriweather Post Pavilion *^
06-13 Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts *^
06-14 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Theater *^
06-16 Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory $
06-18 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for the Performing Arts *^
06-19 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *^
06-21 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre *^
06-23 Miami, FL - Fillmore %
06-24 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live %
06-25 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheater
06-26 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues %
06-28 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa %
06-29 Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion %
06-30 Rostraver, PA - Ice Garden %
07-01 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
07-02 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
07-02 Rothbury, MI - Rothbury Festival

* with R.E.M
^ with the National
$ with Love as Laughter
% with Dirty Dozen Brass Band