May 5, 2008 18:25

Modest Mouse announce US headlining tour

They'll stay on the road after touring with REM

Modest Mouse have announced the dates of a headlining US summer tour.

The band will stay on the road after opening for REM on several dates this spring, as previously reported.

Modest Mouse, which features The Smiths legend Johnny Marr on guitar, are set to kick off their headlining tour in Saint Paul, Minnesota on June 5.

They'll play dates in cities including Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami and Cincinnati before wrapping up the tour at Michigan's Rothbury Festival on July 4.

The tour dates are:

Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center (June 5)
Chicago, IL United Center (6)
Toronto, ON Molsen Amphitheater (8)
Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre (10)
Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion (11)
Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts (13)
Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach (14)
Rochester Main Street Armory (16)
Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for the Performing Arts (18)
New York, NY Madison Square Garden (19)
Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre (21)
Miami, FL Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre (23)
Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live (24)
St Augustine, FL St. Augustine Theater (25)
Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues (North Myrtle Beach) (26)
Norfolk, VA The NorVa (28)
Charlottesville, VA Charlottesville Pavilion (29)
Rostraver, PA Ice Garden (30)
St. Louis, MO The Pageant (July 1)
Cincinnati, OH Bogarts (2)
Rothbury, MI Rothbury Festival (4)

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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