Mercury Prize winners alt-J will kick off their North American tour December 9th in Boston to support their debut album An Awesome Wave.

Tickets for their shows will go on pre-sale December 5th, with sales to the public beginning December 7th.  2013 will be their biggest U.S. tour thus far, and judging by their road schedule, it’ll be super busy. Here are the details:

Buy tickets for this tour here
Dec 9: Boston, MA – MTV Hive Live @ Brighton Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
Dec 11: San Francisco, CA – Bottom of The Hill * (SOLD OUT)
Dec 11: San Francisco, CA – Bottom of The Hill – 2nd Show Presented By Live 105 (SOLD OUT)
Dec 12: Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theater (SOLD OUT)
Dec 13: San Diego, CA – Casbah * (SOLD OUT)
Dec 15: Portland, OR – Star Theater * (SOLD OUT)
Dec 16: Kansas City, MO – XXXMas Night 3 @ The Midland Theater # (SOLD OUT)
Dec 17: Seattle, WA – The Crocodile * (SOLD OUT)
Mar 2: Boston, MA – Paradise
Mar 4: Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Mar 5: Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle
Mar 6: Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Hell Stage)
Mar 8: Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
Mar 10: Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
Mar 16: Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
Mar 18: Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
Mar 19: Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
Mar 21: Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Mar 22: New York, NY – Webster Hall
Mar 25: Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
Mar 27: Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Mar 28: Chicago, IL – Metro
Mar 29: Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
Apr 1: Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
Apr 3: Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Apr 4: Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Apr 6: Seattle, WA – Neptune
Apr 7: Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
Apr 8: Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Apr 10: San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore

As you can see from the number of sold out concerts, tickets for alt-J shows are in high demand, so in case you don’t get a chance to see them in person, check out this video for their single “Matilda”: