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When Stars unleash their excellent new album, In Our Bedroom After the War, on the physical world (September 25 via Arts & Crafts), fans that refused to settle for the already available digital version will receive a reward for their patience and loyalty: a bonus DVD titled Are We Here Now?

Are We Here Now? is a 55-minute documentary of the band's tour in support of its previous LP, Set Yourself on Fire. In addition to live footage galore, it also features interviews with the band. The Anthony Seck-directed DVD will come as the second disc of an early, limited edition of In Our Bedroom at no additional cost. Check out the trailer below.

Adding to the fanfare surrounding the album, Arts & Crafts will release the album's first single, "Take Me to the Riot" on September 4. It will be available only on 7" vinyl and comes back by the B-side "Division".

Stars have also announced the openers for their fall tour. In addition to the previously reported New Buffalo, other support will come from Magnet, Lloyd Cole, and Miracle Fortress.

Are We Here Now? trailer:



We are here then:

09-04 Waterloo, Ontario - The Starlight Room
09-06 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College Fine Arts Center
09-08 Montreal, Quebec - Parc Jean-Drapeau (Osheaga Festival)
09-09 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival
09-19 Hanover, Germany - Cafe Glocksee
09-20 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
09-21 Dresden, Germany - Scheune
09-23 Vienna, Austria - Radiokultorhaus (FM4 Show)
09-25 Milan, Italy - Rainbow
09-26 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
09-27 Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9
09-28 Hamburg, Germany - Reeperbahn Festival
09-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Upstairs at Paradiso
10-01 Birmingham, England - Barfly
10-02 Leeds, England - The Brudenell Social Club
10-03 Manchester, England - Night & Day Café
10-04 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut
10-05 Belfast, Northern Ireland - The Speakeasy
10-06 Dublin, Ireland - Temple Bar Music Centre
10-08 London, England - Scala
10-17 South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground *
10-18 New York, NY - Town Hall *
10-19 Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Centre *
10-20 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
10-24 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
10-26 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10-27 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10-28 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10-30 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
10-31 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
11-02 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre #
11-03 Minneapolis, MN - Pantages Theatre #
11-04 Omaha, NE - Slowdown #
11-06 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre #
11-08 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre #
11-09 San Diego, CA - House of Blues $
11-10 Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum $
11-13 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club $
11-14 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club $
11-15 Portland, OR - The Crystal Ballroom %
11-16 Seattle, WA - The Showbox %
11-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Commodore Ballroom %
11-20 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Ballroom %
11-21 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Events Centre %
11-22 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - The Odeon Events Centre %
11-23 Regina, Saskatchewan - The Distrikt %
11-24 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre %

* with New Buffalo
# with Magnet
$ with Lloyd Cole
% with Miracle Fortress