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Bonnie "Prince" Billy has announced a European tour, which will bring him to the UK in January and Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands, and Belgium in March. But first, he has a single Canadian show scheduled for December 11.

The UK dates coincide with the January 22 UK release of the "Lay and Love" single on Domino. The song is from Will Oldham's latest album, The Letting Go. Also, on January 26, the film Old Joy, starring Oldham, will open in the UK via Soda Pictures.

As previously reported, Bonnie stopped by "Poolside Chats With Neil Hamburger" recently to chat with the comic for Tom Green's online TV channel. The archived clip, which can be viewed here, is over an hour long, and it's exactly the stoner's wet dream it should be, including an "ad" for Gay Cigarettes, appearances from Andy Dick and Tom Green, and Bonnie "Prince" Billy playing a version of John Denver's "The Eagle and the Hawk".

Dates:

01-21 Glasgow, Scotland - Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall *
01-23 Nottingham, England - Rock City
01-24 Manchester, England - Bridgewater Hall
01-25 Bristol, England - Colston Hall
01-26 London, England - Queen Elizabeth Hall
01-27 London, England - Queen Elizabeth Hall
02-09 Istanbul, Turkey - CRR Concert Hall
03-13 Utrecht, Netherlands - Vredenburg
03-14 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
03-15 Munich, Germany - Amerika Haus
03-16 Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
03-17 Berlin, Germany - Passionkirche
03-22 Brussels, Belgium - AB

* with Nuala Kennedy, Harem Scarem

[front page photo by Mike White]