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Now let's see...there's Professor Stephen Hawking, the Nutty Professor, Professor Booty(?), but I still can't think of anyone I'd want schooling me more than Sam Prekop. The Sea and Cake frontman released his syllabus for Pop Comfort 101, Who's Your New Professor?, earlier this month. And while many of us are swooning over his first solo release in five years, the good folks of Offenbach, Germany deserve their chance too. Beginning in London on April 26, Prekop will tour western Europe in support of Professor, and will follow that up with a two-week clip of North America.

Fellow Sea and Cake contributor Archer Prewitt will join Prekop for a pair of dates in Scotland, while fellow Thrill Jockey artists Pit er Pat will come on board during the west-coast U.S. swing. The rest of the dates shake out thusly:

04-26 London, England - Bush Halln
04-27 Glasgow, Scotland - Renfrew Ferry #
04-28 Edinburgh, Scotland - The Venue #
04-29 Oslo, Norway - Bla
05-01 Colmar, France - Grillen
05-02 Basel, Switzerland - Hirscheneck
05-03 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken
05-04 Paris, France - La Guinguette Pirate
05-06 Offenbach, Germany - Hafen 2
05-07 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
05-09 Hamburg, Germany - Tanzhalle
05-10 Berlin, Germany - Knaack
05-11 Dresden, Germany - Star Club
05-12 Munchen, Germany - Orangehouse
05-19 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
05-21 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
05-23 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
05-24 Seattle, WA - Nuemo's *
05-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's On Richards *
05-27 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
05-28 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
05-29 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
05-30 Montreal, Quebec - Main Hall
06-02 Boston, MA - Middle East
06-03 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
06-04 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
06-05 Philadelphia, PA - TBA
06-06 Washington, DC - TBA

* with Pit er Pat
# with Archer Prewitt

* Sam Prekop: http://www.thrilljockey.com/bandpage.html?artistnum=29/