Pitchfork

Part of being in an indie supergroup is doing things big. Playing the Vegoose Festival, grabbing Paul Reubens for a guest spot in a video, hosting awards shows, tacking on more dates to an already sprawling worldwide tour...it's all part of the job.

Jack White's Raconteurs will act as "musical hosts" on the MTV Music Video Awards on August 31, "performing at various times throughout the show" according to a press release.

The boys have also added a slew of October UK performances to their calendar, which is for the most part booked from now until their pre-Halloween Las Vegoose stint. It's only a matter of time before White, Brendan Benson, and those other two dudes crowd surf across an audience in a big clear ball through hoops of fire or something.

Dates:

08-19 Biddinghuizen, Holland - Lowlands Festival
08-21 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
08-22 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Vital Festival
08-23 Edinburgh, Scotland - T on the Fringe
08-25 Paris, France - Rock en Seine
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-27 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
09-10 Toronto, Ontario - Toronto Islands Park (Virgin Festival)
09-14 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
09-15 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Live
09-16 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
09-19 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
09-20 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
09-22 Norfolk, VA - NorVA
09-23 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
09-24 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
09-25 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
09-26 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
09-28 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
09-29 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
09-30 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
10-14 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
10-15 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-18 Newcastle, England - Academy
10-19 London, England - Brixton Academy
10-22 Bristol, England - Colston Hall
10-23 Nottingham, England - Rock City
10-24 Wolverhampton, England - Civic Hall
10-25 Liverpool, England - University
10-28 Las Vegas, NV - Sam Boyd Stadium (Vegoose Music Festival)