Pitchfork: New York Dolls Kick Off Tour

If "Sopranos" star/Springsteen guitarist/Sirius rock fan Steven Van Zandt couldn't save one New York rock'n'roll relic, the least he could do is resurrect another. The DJ and host of Little Steven's Underground Garage has culled veteran glam punks the New York Dolls to headline the final month of his Rolling Rock and Roll Show touring festival.

In the 35 years since their first show, the Dolls have suffered the untimely losses of drummers Billy Murcia and Jerry Nolan, and guitarist Johnny Thunders. Then, mere weeks after Morrissey goaded them out of retirement for a 2004 Meltdown Festival reunion, bassist Arthur Kane succumbed to leukemia.

Now, with only two original members (hot hot hot David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain) still kicking, the Dolls are embarking on their first national tour since the Ford administration. As previously reported, Johansen and Sylvain recently teamed up for their first studio release in three decades, the moderately-received One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This.

The tour also features fellow garage rockers Supersuckers, the Chesterfield Kings, and the Charms, as well as some tights-sporting, sequins-decked dancers called the Garage Girls A Go-Go.

Go-go garage rock:

11-06 San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern
11-07 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
11-08 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
11-10 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
11-11 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
11-14 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11-15 Merrionette Park, IL - 115 Bourbon Street
11-16 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
11-17 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
11-18 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
11-20 Boston, MA - Axis
11-21 Providence, RI - Lupo's
11-22 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
11-24 Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Casino
11-25 Philadelphia, PA - TLA
11-26 Washington, DC - Black Cat
11-28 Charleston, SC - Music Farm
11-29 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
11-30 Nashville, TN - City Hall
12-01 St. Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights