The Decemberists will perform alongside local orchestras, this summer, from Los Angeles to New York. Leading up to the orchestra-backed concerts, the band will play the Bonnaroo festival. A theatre tour is expected in the fall.

The idea to match the Decemberists with orchestras came from Johanna Rees who has booked similar shows at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. In 2004, Rees paired French electronic duo Air with an orchestra for a sold-out concert at the 17,300-seat Hollywood Bowl. And over the next two years, she did the same with Dead Can Dance (2005) and Belle and Sebastian (2006).

Here are the Decemberists summer tour dates:

June 16: Manchester, Tenn. (Bonnaroo Festival)
July 7: Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl, w/ L.A. Philharmonic, Band Of Horses)
July 13: Atlanta (Chastain Park, w/ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
July 14: Columbia, Md. (Merriweather Post Pavilion, w/ Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)
July 15: Philadelphia (Mann Center for the Performing Arts, w/ Mann Festival Orchestra)
July 16: New York (Central Park Summerstage, w/ Grizzly Bear)
July 18: Chicago (Jay Pritzker Pavillion, w/ Grant Park Orchestra)
July 22: Troutdale, Ore. (Edgefield Winery, w/ Menomena)
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