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Modest Mouse announce US tour

Grandaddy guitarist will take over for Johnny Marr

January 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
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Modest Mouse have announced the dates of a US tour that is set to kick off next month.

The band will hit the road on February 22, playing shows in cities including Oakland, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Austin and Atlanta. They'll conclude the jaunt by headlining the Langerado Festival in Miami on March 8.

Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild will join the band on tour, taking over for former Smiths man Johnny Marr, who formerly handled guitar duties for Modest Mouse.

Mimicking Birds, a new band Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock just signed to his Glacial Pace label, will support on all dates.

The tour dates are:

Oakland, CA Fox Theater (February 22)
Visalia, CA The Fox Theatre (23)
Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium (24)
Tempe, AZ The Marquee (25)
Albuquerque, NM Convention Center (26)
Boulder, CO Balch Fieldhouse (28)
Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater (March 2)
Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom (3)
Austin, TX Stubb's (4)
Oxford, MS The Lyric Oxford (5)
Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle (7)
Miami, FL Langerado Festival (8)

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Date / Time	Artist	Venue	Town/City	Buy
Dec 10, 2009 19:00	Modest Mouse	O2 Abc Glasgow	Glasgow	Buy Modest Mouse tickets from Seetickets
Dec 11, 2009 12:00	Modest Mouse	Butlins Holiday Centre	Minehead	[Sold Out]
Dec 13, 2009 19:30	Modest Mouse	Manchester Ritz	Manchester	Buy Modest Mouse tickets from Seatwave
Dec 14, 2009 19:30	Modest Mouse	O2 Shepherds Bush Empire	London	Buy Modest Mouse tickets from Seatwave
Dec 15, 2009 19:30	Modest Mouse	Electric Ballroom	London	Buy Modest Mouse tickets from Seetickets
Dec 16, 2009 19:30	Modest Mouse	Electric Ballroom	London	Buy Modest Mouse tickets from Seetickets

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