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Two things about We Are Scientists: They really like to tour and they are not, in fact, scientists. While the latter could be debated, the former is fully evidenced by the bountiful list of dates below. We Are Scientists' never-ending journey kicks off tonight with a quartet of dates in Japan with fellow buzz-addled post-punkers Editors. After those dates, the New York trio storm the United States with the equally dreamy Arctic Monkeys, a pairing so primed with buzz that they have to take three months off to decompress before heading to England for even more shows. If they had actually received their doctorates in science, perhaps they wouldn't have to tour so much. But, alas, that's not the case. Stay in school, kids.

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05-09 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya Duo *
05-10 Osaka, Japan - Quattro *
05-11 Nagoya, Japan - Quattro *
05-12 Tokyo, Japan - Quattro*
05-20 Mexico City, Mexico - Parque Ecologico !
05-24 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open-Air Theatre @
05-26 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar
05-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom #
05-28 Seattle, WA - Sasquatch Festival &
05-29 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater #
05-31 San Francisco, CA - Warfield #
06-01 Las Vegas, NV - Celebrity Theatre
06-02 San Diego, CA - Soma #
06-03 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre #
06-04 Tempe, AZ - Marquee #
06-06 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre #
06-07 Austin, TX - Stubb's #
06-08 Houston, TX - Warehouse #
06-10 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle #
06-11 Norfolk, VA - Norva #
06-12 Baltimore, MD - Sonar #
06-14 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom #
06-15 Boston, MA - Avalon #
06-16 Montreal, Quebec - Le Medley #
06-17 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus #
06-18 Detroit, MI - State Theatre
06-19 Lansing, MI - Temple Bar $
06-20 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop $
06-21 Chicago, IL - Metro $
06-23 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave. %
06-25 Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's $
06-26 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's $
06-27 Washington, DC - Black Cat $
06-28 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts $
06-29 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw $
06-30 New York, NY - Irving Plaza $
07-01 Northampton, MA - Pearl St. $
07-02 Boston, MA - Paradise $
10-20 Norwich, England - UEA
10-21 Sheffield, England - Octagon
10-22 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-23 Leeds, England - University
10-24 Newcastle, England - Academy
10-25 Aberdeen, England - Music Hall
10-26 Glasgow, Scotland- Academy
10-28 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Limelight
10-29 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh 10-30 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador
10-31 Cardiff, England - University
11-02 Reading, England - Hexagon
11-03 Birmingham, England - Academy
11-04 Nottingham, England - Rock City
11-05 Bristol, England - Academy
11-06 Exeter, England - University
11-07 Southampton, England - Guildhall
11-09 London, England - Brixton Academy

* with Editors
! with Mystery Jets, Kinky, more
@ with Flaming Lips
& with Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Queens of the Stone Age, the Decemberists, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Jamie Liddell, more
# with Arctic Monkeys
$ with The Double, Au Revoir Simone
% with The Fiery Furnaces

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