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Mates of State's Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel are themselves a heartwarming human-interest story: a happy married couple with a baby who also happen to be a rock band. So it's fitting that they will join a slew of contributors to the heartwarming human-interest NPR show "This American Life" on a special tour through the U.S. this month and next.

The pair will play four songs each evening, sharing stages across the country with host/producer Ira Glass, as well as Sarah Vowell, Dan Savage, Jonathan Goldstein, David Rakoff, Alexa Junge, and Chris Wilcha.

We're sure they'll have lots of questions for Dan Savage.

In addition to this short trek, Mates of State have a few one-off dates on the agenda, including a stop at Albany, New York's Valentine's Music Hall tonight. Too bad they couldn't have played there two days ago... on Valentine's Day.

Dates:

02-16 Albany, NY - Valentine's
02-17 Clinton, NY - Hamilton College
02-26 New York, NY - Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center *+#
02-27 Boston, MA - Opera House *+#
02-28 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre *+^
03-01 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre *+^
03-07 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre *^%
03-12 Dallas, TX - Ellum: Onstage Festival
04-28 Westport, CT - Green Earth Fair

* with Ira Glass, Dan Savage, Chris Wilcha
+ with Sarah Vowell
# with Jonathan Goldstein
^ with David Rakoff
% with Alexa Junge