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Black Kids plot North American tour

Black Kids, Friendly Fires, Ipso Facto, Vice Tour, 93 Feet East, February 1, 2008.   Pic: Sonia Melot

Black Kids, Friendly Fires, Ipso Facto, Vice Tour, 93 Feet East, February 1, 2008. Pic: Sonia Melot

Floridian band support their hotly tipped debut

Black Kids have announced the dates of an extensive North American headlining tour.

The Floridian band are set to play dates in New York and Los Angeles this summer before embarking on a full-scale jaunt in the autumn.

The band will be supporting their forthcoming album, 'Partie Traumatic', which was recorded with ex-Suede guitarist Bernard Butler and is due out in the US July 22 and in the UK on July 7.

The tour dates are:

New York, NY Santo’s Party House (July 25)
Los Angeles, CA El Rey (29)
Jacksonville, FL Freebird (September 19)
Orlando, FL The Social (20)
Atlanta, GA Earl (23)
Athens, GA 40 Watt Club (24)
Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle (25)
Baltimore, MD Ottobar (26)
Washington, D.C. Black Cat (27)
Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church (29)
Boston, MA Paradise (October 2)
Montreal, PQ Cabaret Music Hall (4)
Toronto, ON Mod Club (5)
Chicago, IL Metro (6)
Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry (7)
Seattle, WA Neumo’s (10)
Vancouver, BC Richards (11)
Portland, OR Hawthorne (12)
San Francisco, CA Fillmore (13)


--By our Los Angeles staff.
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