Spoon

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Spoon Schedule U.S. Dates, New Single

Jessica Suarez reports:
Just in time for back-to-school and the new season of The O.C., Spoon have announced that they will be returning to our fair shores for just one more North American tour before the close of 2005. It's been a good year for Spoon so far: the band has cracked the charts (Billboard this time, not just CMJ), done multiple tours overseas, and lead singer Britt Daniel is the most dapper he's ever looked on stage. You'd think a "Fitted Shirt" reference was coming on, but no, you'll get a "Lines in the Suit" one instead.

As reported last month, Spoon will be touring Australia and Europe in September and October. Then they’ll return to the homeland for shows with American Music Club, Mary Timony and Bright Eyes. Someone's little sister's going to lose her shit when she hears about the Spoon/Bright Eyes show.

If you, or your little sister, just can't wait until October to see Spoon, you can catch the band at ArthurFest in Los Angeles Sept. 5, where the band will be playing with Yoko Ono, Cat Power, Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, Comets on Fire, Devendra Banhart and a bunch of other people who never got the memo that being a hippie isn’t cool. Or, if you live in Portland, OR, you can head on down to Dante’s tonight for a little Britt Daniel solo action. We'd call it Spoon lite, but somehow Daniel by himself is a heavier show.

Feel the rhythm with your hands:

08-25 Portland, OR – Dante’s (Britt Daniel solo) *
09-05 Los Angeles, CA - Barnsdall Park (ArthurFest)
09-08 Melbourne, Australia - Northcote Social Club
09-09 Melbourne, Australia - Corner Hotel
09-10 Adelaide, Australia - Fowlers Live
09-11 Perth, Australia - Rosemount Hotel
09-14 Canberra, Australia - Green Room
09-15 Brisbane, Australia - Tivoli
09-16 Sydney, Australia - Metro
09-17 Newcastle, Australia – Leagues Club Bandroom
09-23 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-28 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's
09-29 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
09-30 London, England – Koko @
10-01 Brugge, Belgium - Cactus
10-02 Berlin, Germany - Kalkscheune
10-03 Frankfurt, Germany - Cooky's
10-04 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
10-05 Munich, Germany - Orange House
10-06 Treviso, Italy - New Age
10-07 Rome, Italy - Circolo
10-08 Bologna, Italy - Coveo
10-09 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
10-11 Paris, France - Nouvelle Casino
10-13 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 3
10-14 Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick
10-27 Louisville, KY – Headliners %
10-28 Urbana, IL - Foellinger Auditorium %
10-29 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall %
10-30 Las Vegas, NV - Sam Boyd Stadium (Vegoose Festival)
11-01 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre %
11-02 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda %
11-03 Boston, MA - Avalon %
11-04 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street %
11-05 New York, NY - Nokia Live %#
11-06 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw %#
11-08 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club #
11-09 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel #
11-10 Columbia, MO - Blue Note #
11-11 Omaha, NE - Orpheum Theatre $
11-12 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre #
11-14 Salt Lake City, UT - Velvet Room #
11-16 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre #
11-17 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre #
11-18 San Diego, CA - Cane's #
11-19 Phoenix, AZ – TBA

* with Norfolk and Western
@ with Amusement Parks on Fire
% with Mary Timony
# with American Music Club
$ with Bright Eyes

On November 8, as Spoon parties out of bounds in Athens, GA, Merge Records will drop the “Sister Jack” CD single, the second single from the band’s most recent album, Gimme Fiction. For all you fanatics out there, here’s the tracklist:

01 Sister Jack
02 I Turn My Camera On (John McEntire remix)
03 Sunday Morning Wednesday Night
04 Sister Jack (video)

* Pitchfork Review: Spoon: Gimme Fiction
* Pitchfork News: Spoon Announce Tour Dates
* Spoon: http://www.spoontheband.com

[*Annie*]

I'm the little sister that lost her shit when I found out!

[*Annie*]

(PS. You forgot to put "for Annie" in parentheses)

[MicheBel]

So, Annie, are you going to see Spoon this time at Arthurfest?

Several of us Jack's Shackers are going.

And they are going to be playing in celebration of my birthday, so I can't wait!

Cat Power, Spoon, Yoko Ono. How wild.

Just hope it isn't as hot as last weekend was, or I may have to die.

--Miche