Modest Mouse will be hitting the road next month to support the recent release of their new album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
The official tour will begin on April 15th in Seattle and run to the East Coast and back before concluding May 16th in San Jose. The dates will be preceded by a special one-off performance at Magic Mountain theme park in Valencia, CA.
They will joined on tour by former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, now a full-fledged Mouse member after his contributions to the Ship.
Modest Mouse Dates:
March 23 Valencia, CA Magic Mountain
April 15 Seattle, WA Paramount Theater
April 16 Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum
April 17 Boise, ID Big Easy Concert House
April 20-21 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
April 22 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
April 24 Toronto, ON Hummingbird Centre
April 25 Montreal, PQ – Metropolis
April 26 Rochester, NY Main Street Armory
April 27 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
April 29-30 New York, NY The United Palace
May 2 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
May 3 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
May 4 Greensboro, NC Special Events Center
May 5 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Music Park
May 6 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena Concert Hall
May 8 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
May 9 Austin, TX The Backyard
May 10 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Live
May 12 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheater
May 13 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
May 14 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
May 16 San Jose, CA San Jose State University
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