Pitchfork

[Posted Monday, September 22nd, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

If you're tired of just sitting around the house, knitting, and putting together 10,000-piece Edward Hopper art puzzles, Belle and Sebastian just happen to be packing up their clarinets for a fall tour of the New World. After reading Friday's Pitchfork news story on the release of their new Rough Trade LP, Dear Catastrophe Waitress, the odds-and-ends Jeepster Records Fans Only DVD, the Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before... compilation, and Isobel Campbell's solo debut Amorino, the band's management realized that the precocious Glaswegians had the makings of a killer merch table and that a North American tour was probably in order.

Accordingly, les mademoiselles Belle and monsieures Sebastian have announced on their official website a string of fifteen U.S. and Canadian shows for October and November, with more details to be announced shortly. Noting that the band is taking October 31st off, we formally invite Belle and Sebastian to join the Pitchfork staff for trick-or-treating in the Chicago suburbs. Rumor has it that both B&S editor-in-chief Stuart Murdoch and Pitchfork frontman Ryan Schreiber plan to sport fake mustaches, New York Mets helmets, and high-heeled shoes on the big night. Catfight! Now, without further ado:

10-26 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
10-27 Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
10-28 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
10-30 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
11-02 Austin, TX - The Backyard
11-04 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
11-05 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
11-06 Columbus, OH - Mershon Auditorium
11-07 Detroit, MI - State Theatre
11-08 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
11-10 New York, NY - Town Hall
11-11 New York, NY - Town Hall
11-12 Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre
11-13 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
11-14 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre