March 12, 2007 20:07

Arctic Monkeys line up North American dates

They’ll stick around after Coachella

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Arctic Monkeys have announced a US and Canadian tour to follow their appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April.

The Sheffield four-piece will hit the road with Nashville rockers Be Your Own Pet for several shows, kicking off their headlining shows on May 1 in San Francisco.

Having recently won the NME Shockwaves Award for Best British Album for their debut 'Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, the band are set to release the follow-up entitled ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ on April 23.

They will play:

Indio, CA Coachella (April 27)
San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre (May 1)
Portland, OR Roseland Theatre (2)
Seattle, WA Showbox (3)
Vancouver, British Columbia Commodore Ballroom (4)
Minneapolis, MN First Avenue (7)
Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre (8)
Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo's (9)
Toronto, Ontario Kool Haus (11)
Montreal, Quebec L'Olympia (12)
Boston, MA Avalon (13)
New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom (15)
Washington, DC 9:30 Club (16)
Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory (17)
Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle (19)
Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live (20)

--By our New York staff.
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