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Le Loup may have trickily bypassed being lumped into the "Wolf band" trend by using French, but they have yet to circumvent the entire music industry. Thus, when they release an album, they follow it with a tour. And the band's next tour in support of the Godspeed-ily titled The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly is a big one, starting in Europe this week before sweeping through the U.S. in March, April, and May.

New Zealand's own the Ruby Suns-- whose Sea Lion arrives in March-- will join Le Loup for a big chunk of the Stateside jaunt.

Loup parade:

02-21 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy *
02-22 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie ^
02-23 Saint-Malo, France - Festival La Route du Rock
02-24 Laval, France - 6PAR4
02-26 Tourcoing, France - Le Grand Mix
02-27 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique (Rotonde)
02-28 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - d:qliq
02-29 Nancy, France - L'Autre Canal $
03-01 Bern, Switzerland - Dampfzentrale
03-03 Geneva, Switzerland - L'Usine
03-04 Montpellier, France - Rockstore
03-05 Toulouse, France - La Peniche
03-06 Nantes, France - Pole Etudiant de L'Universite de Nantes
03-07 Rouen, France - L'Emporium
03-12-16 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-18 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
03-19 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 #
03-20 Philadelphia, PA - The Barbery #
03-21 Washington, DC - Black Cat #
03-23 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge #
03-24 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall #
03-25 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place #
03-27 Bloomington, IN - Waldron Arts Center #
03-28 Chicago, IL - Schubas #
03-29 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry #
04-01 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey #
04-02 Portland, OR - Holocene #%
04-04 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill #
04-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo #
04-06 San Diego, CA - The Casbah #
04-07 Phoenix, AZ - Modified #
04-09 Fort Worth, TX - Lola's #
04-11 Charlotte, NC - The Yauhaus
04-12 Williamsburg, VA - The College of William & Mary
04-23 Grantham, PA - Messiah College
05-01 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
05-02 Gambier, OH - Horn Gallery at Kenyon College
05-03 Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar

* with School of Language
^ with Idaho
$ with the Do
# with the Ruby Suns
% with Loch Lomond