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As a tribute to our favorite Wheel of Fortune category (Before & After), we've developed the following slogan for a certain alt-rock mega-tour: "We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes You Could Have It So Much Better with Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie". This mouthful of an event begins tonight at Portland's Memorial Coliseum and will continue on throughout April (and North America), with British brotherly trio the Cribs opening each performance along the way.

Dates:

03-22 Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum *
03-23 Sacramento, CA - Memorial Hall at Sacramento Convention Center *
03-24 Reno, NV - Reno Hilton Pavilion *
03-27 Tucson, AZ - Centennial Hall at University of Arizona *
03-29 Austin, TX - The Backyard *
03-30 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater *
03-31 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre *
04-07 Durham, NC - Cameron Stadium at Duke University *
04-08 Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center Indoors *
04-09 Ithaca, NY - Barton Hall at Cornell University *
04-11 Washington, DC - Constitution Hall *
04-12 Boston, MA - Agannis Arena *
04-13 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom *
04-14 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom *
04-15 Montreal, Quebec - Cepsum at University of Montreal *
04-17 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum *
04-18 Detroit, MI - State Theatre *
04-19 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *
04-20 St Paul, MN - Northrop Auditorum at University of Minnesota *
04-23 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre *
04-25 Edmonton, Alberta - Shaw Conference Centre *
04-26 Calgary, Alberta - Stampede Corral *
04-28 Vancouver, British Columbia - PNE Coliseum *

* with the Cribs

After a teary goodbye to Franz Ferdinand, Gibbard & Co. will forge on, playing a handful of U.S. festivals and two dates in London. Oh, and a few of these dates are between slots with their co-headlining buddies. Alone time?

Sans Franz:

03-25 Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre (KCRW Sounds Eclectic Evening)*
03-26 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues #
04-01 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom #
04-03 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium #
04-05 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle #
04-06 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle #
04-21 Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre #
05-28 George, WA - Sasquatch! ^
06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo %
06-27 Leeds, England - University of Leeds
06-28 London, England - Carling Academy Brixton
08-4-6 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)

* with Feist, Ben Harper, Gomez, Lewis Taylor, Goldspot
# with the Cribs
^ with the Flaming Lips, Beck, the Decemberists, Nine Inch Nails, the Shins, Neko Case, Sufjan Stevens, Queens of the Stone Age, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
% with Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beck, Elvis Costello, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power

Franz have their summer vacation laid out as well. They'll be soaking in the sun in California, Benicassim, Nuremberg, and more.

Cutie off-duty:

04-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) *
06-02 Nuremberg, Germany - Rock Im Park #
06-04 Nuremberg, Germany - Rock Am Ring ^
06-05 Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop Festival %
06-29 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-20-23 Benicàssim, Spain - Festival Internacional de Benicàssim &

* with Depeche Mode, Sigur Rós, Common, Damian Marley, My Morning Jacket, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cat Power, Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart, The Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, etc.
# with Richard Ashcroft, Keane, Bloodhound Gang
^ with Morrissey, Depeche Mode, Tool, Metallica, Guns N' Roses
% with Morrissey, the Flaming Lips
& with Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Jay-Jay Johanson, The Rakes, The Sunday Drivers, Venus, Dionysos, Teitur

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