On The Road Again: More Fall Tours Announced

As is the custom this time of year, Fall tours are being announced. This week, we learned about some great pairings for the road:





















In a move sure to give everyone's liver a run for their money and see the stock for Jack Daniels soar to unseen heights, The Drive By Truckers are teaming up with 2008's critical darlings The Hold Steady for a double bill that will see each band alternating the closing slot:

Rock and Roll Means Well Tour Fall 2008

Thu Oct 30 Louisville KY COYOTE’S @ CITY BLOCK (HS Closes)

Fri Oct 31 Nashville TN RYMAN AUDITORIUM (DBT Closes)

Sat Nov 01 Atlanta GA TABERNACLE (DBT Closes)

Sun Nov 02 Tallahassee FL THE MOON @ FSU (HS Closes)

Mon Nov 03 Raleigh NC LINCOLN THEATRE (DBT Closes)

Wed Nov 05 State College PA THE STATE THEATRE (HS Closes)

Thu Nov 06 New York, NY TERMINAL 5 (Closer TBA)

Fri Nov 07 New York, NY TERMINAL 5 (Closer TBA)

Sat Nov 08 Philadelphia, PA ELECTRIC FACTORY (DBT Closes)

Sun Nov 09 Boston MA ORPHEUM THEATRE (HS Closes)

Tue Nov 11 Toronto ONT PHOENIX THEATRE (DBT Closes)

Wed Nov 12 Pittsburgh PA CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL (HS Closes)

Thu Nov 13 Bloomington IN BLUEBIRD (DBT Closes)

Fri Nov 14 Chicago IL RIVIERA (HS Closes)

Sat Nov 15 Minneapolis MN FIRST AVENUE MAINROOM (DBT Closes)

Sun Nov 16 Minneapolis MN FIRST AVENUE MAINROOM (HS Closes)

Wed Nov 19 Boise ID THE BIG EASY (DBT Closes)

Thu Nov 20 Seattle WA THE SHOWBOX (HS Closes)

Fri Nov 21 Seattle WA THE SHOWBOX (DBT Closes)

Sat Nov 22 Portland OR CRYSTAL BALLROOM (HS Closes)

Sun Nov 23 San Francisco CA THE FILLMORE (DBT Closes)

Mon Nov 24 San Francisco CA THE FILLMORE (HS Closes)

Tue Nov 25 Los Angeles CA THE WILTERN (DBT Closes)

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Not only is Neil Young bringing his latest tour back to North America, he's having Wilco and Death Cab for Cutie open select dates. Opening all the dates will be Los Angeles' Everest. Accorinding to a Billboard.com article, Young is bringing the same band that backed him on his recent European tour. Long may you run Neil.

Oct. 14: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 16: Winnipeg, Manitoba (MTS Centre, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 18: Regina, Saskatchewan (Brandt Centre, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 19: Calgary, Alberta (Pengrowth Saddledome, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 21: Everett, Wash. (Comcast Arena, no opener specified)
Oct. 22: Vancouver (GM Place, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 29: San Diego (Cox Arena, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Oct. 30: Los Angeles (Forum, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 1: Reno, Nev. (Events Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 4: Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 5: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center, w/ Death Cab For Cutie)
Nov. 29: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Metro Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 1: Montreal (Bell Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 2: Ottawa, Ontario (Scotia Bank Place, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 4: Toronto (Air Canada Centre, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 7: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 9: Chicago (Allstate Center, no opener specified)
Dec. 12: Philadelphia (Wachovia Spectrum, w/ Wilco)
Dec. 15: New York (Madison Square Garden, w/ Wilco)
















A reunited Beachwood Sparks is doing a small tour as a way for the hallucinatory country band to work out the cobwebs and prepare them to enter the studio for Sub Pop records and record a new album.

Source: Billboard
Aug. 21: San Francisco (Bottom of the Hill) Aug. 23: San Diego (Casbah) Aug. 24: Los Angeles (Sunset Junction) Sept. 11: Philadelphia (Johnny Brenda's) Sept. 12: Hoboken, N.J. (Maxwell's) Sept. 13: New York (Bowery Ballroom)

Finally, legendary Seattle band Mudhoney have posted a series of U.S.,South American and Japan dates. The band is touring in support of their recently released album, The Lucky Ones. Grab your earplugs and take the Mudride!

Mudhoney fan site

9/5/08 The Granada Theater. Dallas, TX

9/6/08 Emo's Outside Room. Austin, TX

9/19/08 The Horseshoe Tavern. Toronto, Canada

9/20/08 La Sala Rossa. Montreal, Canada

10/9/08 Circo Voador. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10/11/08 Clash Club. Sao Paolo, Brazil

10/12/08 Clash Club. Sao Paolo, Brazil

10/19/08 Niceto Club. Buenos Aires, Argentina

11/14/08 The El Rey Theater. Los Angeles, CA

11/15/08 Casbah. San Diego, CA

11/29/08 The Showbox. Seattle, WA (This show is to celebrate The Supersuckers' 20th anniversary.)

12/12/08 The Independent. San Francisco, CA

12/13/08 The Rio Theater. Santa Cruz, CA

1/14/09 Club Quattro. Tokyo, Japan

1/15/09 Club Quattro. Nagoya, Japan

1/16/09 Club Quattro. Osaka, Japan

1/18/09 O-Nest Club. Tokyo, Japan