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Barely two months into 2008, Gogol Bordello are already back out there, taking their gypsy punk stylings to locales the world over on a big ol' tour.

The "Forces of Victory Tour 2008", in support of last year's Super Taranta!, is happening right now and culminates with GB's appearances at Coachella and Bonnaroo. Before then, the U.S. and much of Europe will witness the likes of Eugene Hütz and his genre-melding act.

Finally, a couple of extracurricular news items from the Gogol Bordello camp: First, the Madonna-directed Filth and Wisdom, which stars Hütz and features footage of his band, recently made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

Also, Hütz's rag-tag style provided inspiration for designer Frida Giannini's garments in the Gucci fall 2008/09 men's collection. The line already debuted at Milan Fashion Week, and it will hit stores once the season after summer arrives.

Gogol Bordello:

03-06 Kansas City, MO - Beaumont
03-07 Denver, CO - Fillmore
03-08 Salt Lake City, UT - Paladium
03-09 Boise, ID - Big Easy
03-10 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
03-12 Portland, OR - Roseland
03-13 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
03-14 Reno, NV - Grand Sierra
03-15 Las Vegas, NV - Canyon Club
03-17 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
03-18 Houston, TX - Meridian
03-19 Dallas, TX - Granada
03-28 Newcastle, England - Academy
03-29 Leeds, England - Meet
03-30 Manchester, England - Academy
04-01 Bristol, England - Academy
04-02 London, England - Brixton Academy
04-04 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
04-05 Wroclav, Poland - Review of Stage Songs Festival
04-06 Liepzig, Germany - Conne Island
04-08 Budapest, Hungary - Petofi Csarnok
04-09 Bratislava, Slovakia - Divadlo Arena
04-10 Zagreb, Croatia - Tvornica Kulture
04-11 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cvetličarna Mediapark
04-12 Florence, Italy - Sahall
04-14 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
04-15 Rome, Italy - Palatendra
04-16 Turin, Italy - Teatro Concordia
04-18 Strasbourg, France - Festival de Artefacts
04-19 Bourges, France - Printemps de Bourges
04-20 Paris, France - Le Zenith
04-21 Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
04-22 Birmingham, England - Academy
04-23 Oxford, England - Academy
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
06-14 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo