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Of Montreal map North American tour

Pic: James Quinton

Pic: James Quinton

It kicks off October 7 in North Carolina

Of Montreal have announced a headlining tour of the US and Canada, kicking of in October.

The Athens, GA band will launch the jaunt October 7 in Durham, NC in support of their forthcoming album ‘Skeletal Lamping’, the follow-up to their 2007 release ‘Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?’ .

The outing will see the band joined by new drummer Ahmed Gallab, a member of the band Sinkane who will also open several dates on the tour.

The dates are:

Durham, NC Carolina Theatre (October 7)
Asheville, NC Orange Peel (8)
New York, NY Roseland Ballroom (10)
St. Louis, MO The Pageant (24)
Minneapolis, MN First Avenue (25)
Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre (26)
Chicago, IL The Riviera (27)
Toronto, Ontario Queen Elizabeth Theatre (28)
Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre (30)
Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory (31)
Richmond, VA The National (November 1)
Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle (8)
New Orleans, LA Howlin' Wolf (11)
Houston, TX Warehouse Live (12)
Austin, TX 507 E. 6th Street (13)
Dallas, TX House of Blues (14)
Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall (15)
Denver, CO Ogden Theatre (16)
Murray, UT Murray Super Theatre (17)
Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo (19)
Portland, OR Roseland Theater (20)
San Francisco, CA Regency Center Grand Ballroom (21)
Los Angeles, CA Venue to be announced (22)


--By our New York staff.
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