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Dilated disco duo Datarock rang the travel agent, got the neighbor kid to mow the lawn, and canceled the paper; for the next few months, the punchy pair are embarking on a global trek in support of their just-reconfigured Datarock Datarock LP, available for the purposes of chest-clutching in North America June 12 courtesy of Nettwerk.

The trek includes a string of newly-minted North American dates, kicking off June 1 in Philly.

In other Datarock news, they'll release a brand new EP in their native Norway April 23. It features five tracks tipping their hoods to the Madchester sounds of which D-Rock are clearly so fond. No word on a U.S. release, but patience may be in order; after all, it took Datarock Datarock two years to get here. And besides, we Yanks always sorta appreciated that new-rave stuff better a few years after the fact.

Rock rock Data rock:

04-19 Tromsø, Norway - Uka
04-21 Paris, France - Fleche D'or
04-26 Bergen, Norway - Grieghallen (Bergenfest)
04-27 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller $
04-28 Trondheim, Norway - Samfundet
05-05 Kongeparken, Norway - Landstreffet
05-05 Stavanger, Norway - Folken
05-11 Dublin, Ireland - Trinity Ball *
05-18 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts
05-19 Stoke, England - Underground
05-20 Bristol, England - Thelka
05-21 Sheffield, England - Plug
05-23 Liverpool, England - Academy
05-24 Leeds, England - Faversham
05-25 Birmingham, England - Vintage Shop
05-26 London, England- Scala
05-27 Nottingham, England- Dot To Dot Festival
05-27 Manchester, England - Eurocultured Festival
05-28 Newcastle, England - Evolution Festival
06-01 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
06-02 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B
06-03 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe *
06-04 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
06-05 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
06-06 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Club
06-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards #
06-10 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
06-11 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^
06-12 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
06-13 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
06-22 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-23 Neuhausen, Germany - Southside Festival
07-03 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-07 Dublin, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-08 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-20 Trencin, Slovakia - Pohoda Festival
07-22 Valencia, Spain - Benicassim Festival

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* with CSS
# with Girl Talk
^ with Hot Chip