Pitchfork: Grizzly Bear to Open for Radiohead, Best Gets U.S. Date

Grizzly Bear to Open for Radiohead, Best Gets U.S. Date
Mansfield, Massachusetts live date revealed

From Paul Simon to Feist to TV on the Radio to the LA Phil, Grizzly Bear sure have some Friends in high places, but perhaps none so arena-ready in 2008-- and equipped to generate massive exposure for a smaller act-- as Radiohead.

As confirmed by Radiohead's publicist, Grizzly Bear will open some of the quintessential Oxford quintet's upcoming U.S. shows. We don't know which ones quite yet, so you should probably purchase tickets to all of them, just to be on the safe side.

Speaking of those U.S. shows, At Ease points us to a date on the second leg of the In Rainbows North American tour that has crept onto the interwebs: August 13 at Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts (between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island). Better buy tix for that one too.

UPDATE: THEY HAVE ALSO ADDED AN AUGUST 20 SHOW AT THE WHITE RIVER AMPHITHEATER IN AUBURN, WASHINGTON. Thanks to Brianne Eastburn!

And speaking of the U.S., looks like we're getting The Best Of-- reported here mere hours ago in its UK configuration-- too! Our Best Of also comes in single-disc, double-disc, and 4xLP formats, although the first disc snuggles in a 17th track curiously omitted from the UK offering: "Optimistic".

Capitol/EMI will deliver The Best Of over here on June 3. Looks like we'll also get a 30-track download option, and a music video DVD, details forthcoming. Of course, as a true Radiohead fan, you will have to buy all of these too (though we'd be remiss not to remind you that Radiohead did not sanction this stuff). Uh oh, cognitive dissonance!

The Best Of (U.S. edition):

01 Just
02 Paranoid Android
03 Karma Police
04 Creep
05 No Surprises
06 High and Dry
07 My Iron Lung
08 There There (The Boney King of Nowhere.)
09 Lucky
10 Optimistic
10 Fake Plastic Trees
11 Idioteque
12 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm.)
13 The Bends
14 Pyramid Song
15 Street Spirit (Fade Out)
16 Everything in Its Right Place

The Best Of (U.S. edition) disc two:

01 Airbag
02 I Might Be Wrong
03 Go to Sleep
04 Let Down
05 Planet Telex
06 Exit Music (For a Film)
07 The National Anthem
08 Knives Out
09 Talk Show Host
10 You
11 Anyone Can Play Guitar
12 How to Disappear Completely
13 True Love Waits (Live)

The Best Of (vinyl):

A1 Just
A2 Paranoid Android
A3 Karma Police
A4 Creep
B1 No Surprises
B2 High and Dry
B3 My Iron Lung
B4 There There (The Boney King of Nowhere.)
C1 Lucky
C2 Fake Plastic Trees
C3 Idioteque
C4 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm.)
D1 The Bends
D2 Pyramid Song
D3 Street Spirit (Fade Out)
D4 Everything in Its Right Place
E1 Airbag
E2 I Might Be Wrong
E3 Go to Sleep
F1 Let Down
F2 Planet Telex
F3 Exit Music (For a Film)
G1 The National Anthem
G2 Knives Out
G3 Talk Show Host
H1 You
H2 Anyone Can Play Guitar
H3 How to Disappear Completely
H4 True Love Waits (Live)

Dates:

05-05 West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre *
05-06 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre *
05-08 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre *
05-09 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
05-11 Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge *
05-14 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
05-17 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
05-18 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center *
06-06 Dublin, Ireland - Malahide #
06-07 Dublin, Ireland - Malahide #
06-09 Paris, France - Bercy #
06-10 Paris, France - Bercy #
06-12 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Daydream Festival) *#^$
06-14 Nimes, France - Arenes #
06-15 Nimes, France - Arenes #
06-17 Milan, Italy - Civica Arena #
06-18 Milan, Italy - Civica Arena #
06-20 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-22 Scheeßel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-24 London, England - Victoria Park #
06-25 London, England - Victoria Park #
06-27 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Green #
06-29 Manchester, England - Lancashire County Cricket Club #
07-01 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Westerpark #
07-03 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-05 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
07-06 Arras, France - Main Square Festival
07-08 Berlin, Germany - Wuhlheide
08-08 Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival
08-09 Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival
08-13 Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
08-15 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
08-20 Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
08-22 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
10-04 Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena
10-05 Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena

* with Liars
# with Bat for Lashes
^ with Low, Clinic, Modeselektor
$ with Ensemble Nacional de España de Música Contemporánea, performing pieces by Jonny Greenwood and Radiohead