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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will kick off their previously reported tour tonight in Providence. After they finish with North America, they'll head to Australia in late May and Europe in the summer.

CYHSY's tour partners for most of their North American dates are Elvis Perkins in Dearland, who will hopefully provide a better match for the band than their pairing with T.I. at a Duke University concert this past weekend.

According to an email from reader Jeff Harrell, the show at Cameron Indoor Stadium drew mostly T.I. fans: "Besides myself and a small group across the floor, no one was moving or even really applauding... [Singer] Alec [Ounsworth] made fun of the lack of enthusiasm several times, finally getting a roar from the audience when he announced that the next song was the last."

T.I. apparently found the band's set unnecessary, dude, as he arrived to the show late and then performed for 40 minutes of his scheduled hour, according to Duke newspaper The Chronicle. Duke University Union officials told The Chronicle that T.I. then neglected the "accommodations" he asked for in his rider and instead went to dinner at P.F. Chang's China Bistro.

DUU officials are now considering a lawsuit against the rapper for a violation of his $70,000 performance contract. But if they wanted vigilante justice, they could always go to the 'jects, where the Gs at, to retrieve the money themselves.

Anyway, the point is, if T.I. had come early to catch Clap Your Hands, and then stuck around to hang out with the band afterwards, none of this would have happened.

Dates:

04-10 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel *
04-11 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Night Club *
04-12 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground *
04-13 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis *
04-14 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus *
04-15 Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom *
04-17 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom *
04-18 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
04-19 Athens, GA - 40 Watt *
04-20 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird *
04-21 Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone *
04-22 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution *
04-24 New Orleans, LA - Republic *
04-26 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
04-27 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre *
04-28 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ *
04-30 Kansas City, MO - VooDoo Lounge
05-01 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
05-02 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
05-03 Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theater
05-21 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi Bar
05-22 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi Bar
05-23 Sidney, Australia - Enmore
05-24 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
05-25 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
07-04 Lisbon, Portugal - Superbock Super Rock
07-06 Cluses, France - Festival Musique En Stock
07-07 Evereux, France - Festival L Rock Dan Tous Ses Etats
07-08 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
07-10 Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk
07-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhagen Jazz Festival
07-13 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-14 Southwold, England - Latitude Festival
07-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Indian Summer Festival
07-17 Munich, Germany - Muffahalle
07-18 Florence, Italy - Arrezo Wave Festival
07-20 Carhaix, France - Carhaix Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
07-21 Angoulême, France - Angoulême Festival Garden Nef Party
07-22 Benicássim, Spain - Benicássim Festival
07-25 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
07-29 Mt. Fuji, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic

* with Elvis Perkins in Dearland