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It's going down! According to MTV, the recent overture Kanye West made to Peter Bjorn and John seeking backing band service at Gothenburg, Sweden's Way Out West Festival on August 11 has been accepted, and the tuneful trio will bring the snappy snare and, of course, the pursed lips to the Chi-town MC's set. Dude always seems to get what he wants, doesn't he?

Here's an interesting tidbit MTV picked up in talking to PB&J's Peter Móren: until Kanye spit all over their song, Móren had never heard Kanye West, one of the most dominant voices in popular music over the past few years. "I guess he seems to be a nice guy," Móren added. (Tell that to Justice and Simian.)

As for what will happen at the Way Out West performance, Móren said, "He's going to rap on a song and we're going to play along and I'm going to dance. But I don't know specifics, like, what we're gonna do. Just jam around a bit. I may have to choreograph a dance routine. I have to check out his videos and see what he's doing. Maybe we will put on some new suits. You know, sweat pants? Gymnastic outfits-- what do you call them? Tracksuits?"

Both Kanye and Peter Bjorn and John have many tour dates on the way, though August 11 is the only time they'll share. Ah, well; they'll always have YouTube.

PB&J:

08-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Gallivan Center *
08-04 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Lollapalooza)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Double Door ^
08-06 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre %
08-07 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
08-08 Nashville, TN - City Hall
08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-15 Paredes de Coura, Portugal - Paredes du Coura Festival
08-16 Saint-Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08-19 Cologne, Germany - C/O Pop Festival
08-24 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-25 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 London, England - Get Loaded in the Park Festival
09-05 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
09-06 New York, NY - Roseland #
09-07 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom #
09-08 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
09-09 Toronto, Ontario - V Festival
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
09-12 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse #
09-14 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
09-16 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre #
09-17 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern #
09-18 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield #
09-19 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom #
09-20 Seattle, WA - Showbox #
09-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore #
09-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #

* with Apostle of Hustle
^ with Los Campesinos!
% with Andrew Bird, McCarthy Trenching
# with the Clientele

Kanye:

08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-16 Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Corn Exchange (T on the Fringe)
08-18 Chelmsford, England - Hylands Park (V Festival)
08-19 Staffordshire, England - Weston Park (V Festival)
08-24 Chicago, IL - House of Blues (Kanye West Foundation benefit)