The Mountain Goats have announced their first full-length tour in support of their wrestling-themed album Beat The Champ, released earlier this year. Frontman John Darnielle will begin the tour on a solo string of dates but bring the rest of the band, including Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster who joined the group in 2007, for full group shows that will go on throughout the end of the tour. Last summer, the band included only one date with all three members on their tour with the rest of the dates consisting of just Darnielle and Peter Hughes, the two founding members of the band.
Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday. Check out the dates and read below Darnielle’s telegram-styled statement below.
I’M AT HOME IN THE WOODSHED STOP IT SMELLS AWESOME IN THE WOODSHED STOP I KNOW USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE BRING UP SMELL THEY’RE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING SMARTASS BUT I’M SERIOUS STOP THE WOODSHED IS AWESOME BECAUSE IT SMELLS LIKE WOOD STOP CEDAR PINE REDWOOD HICKORY YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO LOVE THE SMELL OF TREES STOP TREES GENERALLY REALLY STOP SO THE WOODSHED IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE AS LONG AS YOU DON’T GET TOO SENTIMENTAL ABOUT THE TREES STOP BECAUSE TO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO IN THE WOODSHED SOME STUFF HAS GOTTA GO DOWN WITH THE TREES STOP ANYHOW STOP
I PERSONALLY WILL BE EMERGING FROM THE WOODSHED IN LATE AUGUST STOP I WILL PREPARE A PATH FROM THE WOOSHED STOP WE AS A BAND WILL EMERGE FROM OUR INDIVIDUAL WOODSHEDS ON 2 OCTOBER IN KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO COMPLETE THE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR OF BEAT THE CHAMP STOP WE WILL PLAY EIGHT SHOWS STOP THEREAFTER WE WILL DEPART FOR EUROPE AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED STOP WHEN WE HAVE RETURNED FROM THE EUROPEAN SHOWS I WILL BE BARRICADING MYSELF IN THE WOODSHED WHERE I AM HARD AT WORK ON AN ALTAR STOP IT’S AN ALTAR TO TREES MADE OUT OF TREES STOP IT’S A VERY SELF-REFERENTIAL ALTAR STOP
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MOUNTAIN GOATS ON THE BEAT THE CHAMP TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA THESE EIGHT SHOWS ARE YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO STOP PLEASE JOIN US ON THE BY FOR AND ABOUT THE TREES SOUTHEASTERN TOUR FALL 2015 STOP WE WILL NOT BE PLAYING RUSH’S “THE TREES” WE DON’T HAVE THAT KIND OF CHOPS STOP
The Mountain Goats Fall Tour
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Sep 08: St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway ^
Sep 09: Lawrence, KS – Lawrence Arts Center ^
Sep 10: Lincoln, NE – Vega ^
Sep 12: Ames, IA – Maximum Ames Music Festival ^
Oct 02: Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre
Oct 03: Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
Oct 04: Birmingham, AL – Saturn
Oct 05: Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
Oct 07: Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
Oct 08: Orlando, FL – The Beachum Theatre
Oct 09: St. Augustine, FL – Colonial Quarters
Oct 10: Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
Nov 12: Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Nov 13: Glasgow, UK – Art School
Nov 14: Dublin, IR – Whelans
Nov 15: Manchester, UK – Gorilla
Nov 17: Bristol, UK – Trinity
Nov 18: Brighton, UK – Komedia
Nov 19: London, UK – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
^ John Darnielle solo
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