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Most Serene Republic photo by Ben Telford

Fans of complex, comely Canadian indie pop with a dash of New Zealand singer/songwriter, the tour of 2008 has arrived... almost. Think About Life's Graham Van Pelt and his Miracle Fortress project will join up with the Most Serene Republic and Liam Finn for a week of U.S. shows in late March.

All three acts have new and new-ish releases to promote: MSR's Population, which dropped in October on Arts & Crafts, Miracle Fortress' Five Roses got a Secret City release in May, and Finn's I'll Be Lightning, out last month on Yep Roc.

Everybody also has dates of their own surrounding their time together.

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Miracle Fortress, Most Serene Republic, Liam Finn:

03-17 Atlanta, GA - Five Spot
03-18 Raleigh, NC - The Pour House
03-19 Washington, DC - DC9
03-20 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
03-21 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
03-22 Boston, MA - Middle East
03-23 Buffalo, NY - Big Orbit's Soundlab

Miracle Fortress:

03-26 Cologne, Germany - G9 *
03-27 Munich, Germany - 59tol *
03-29 Berlin, Germany - AP Studio *
03-30 Hamburg, Germany - Ubel and Gefahrlich *
03-31 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
04-02 London, England - Scala
04-03 Brighton, England - Hanbury Club
04-17 Montreal, Quebec - Sala ^
04-26 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace &

* with Patrick Watson
^ with Rock Plaza Central
& with Born Ruffians

Most Serene Republic:

02-29 London, Ontario - Salt Lounge
03-01 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
03-04 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot *
03-05 Grand Rapids, MI - Ladies Literary Club *
03-06 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
03-07 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *
03-08 Iowa City, IA - Picador *
03-09 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *#
03-10 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot *
03-12 Dallas, TX - Lola's *#
04-02 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabaret
04-03 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigos
04-04 Edmonton, Alberta - Starlite
04-05 Calgary, Alberta - The Republik
04-07 Medicine Hat, Alberta - Silver Buckle
04-08 Kelowna, British Columbia - Habitat
04-09 Nanaimo, British Columbia - The Queen's
04-12 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club

* with Jealous Girlfriends
# with Grand Archives

Liam Finn:

02-29 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
03-01 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar *
03-04 Seattle, WA - Easy Street Records (in-store)
03-04 Seattle, WA - High Dive *
03-05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
03-07 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
03-08 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
03-10 Denver, CO - Hi Dive *
03-12-15 Austin, TX - SXSW
04-02 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Centre #
04-02 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Centre #
04-05 Santa Cruz, CA - Civic Auditorium #
04-07 Berkeley, CA - Zellerbach Theatre #
04-08 Berkeley, CA - Zellerbach Theatre #
04-10 Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theatre #
04-12 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theater #
04-13 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theater #
04-15 San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theater #
04-16 San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theater #

* with Pela
# with Eddie Vedder