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Arthur & Yu-- a folky Pacific Northwest duo featuring neither an Arthur nor a Yu-- will soon hit the streets with Iron & Wine-- a folky Atlantic Southeast singer-songwriter named neither Iron nor Wine, and his entourage. Liars, all of you! Next thing you'll tell me there's no Belle nor Sebastian in that one band.

The Iron & Yu pairing joins forces to treat a slice of the U.S. to their wares in late September, after which Arthur & Yu will swap Iron & Wine for Great Lake Swimmers (our lawyers have yet to determine if and where they actually swim) and ride out the first half of October. They also have a trio of warm-up engagements over in Japan.

Wish them your best, as this marks Arthur & Yu's first full-fledged tour-- all in the name of their quite nice debut for Hardly Art (the label's name being yet another cold-hearted lie), In Camera.

Arthur & you:

08-30 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater *
09-11 Tokyo, Japan - O-Nest #
09-13 Nagoya, Japan - Tokuzo #
09-14 Kyoto, Japan - Urbanguild #
09-23 Chicago, IL - Metro ^
09-25 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall ^
09-26 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis ^
09-27 Boston, MA - The Orpheum Theater ^
09-28 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theater ^
09-29 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ^
09-30 New York, NY - Town Hall ^
10-02 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom %
10-03 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs %
10-04 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live %
10-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl %
10-09 Dallas, TX - The Cavern %
10-10 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q %
10-12 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts %
10-13 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland %
10-14 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord %
10-16 Portland, OR - Holocene %
10-17 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern %

* with the Shins
# with Grand Hallway
^ with Iron and Wine
% with Great Lake Swimmers