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After, uh, canceling their appearance at the Ouagoudougou Arts Festival in Burkina Faso (announced April 1, natch), Sigur Rós have returned to the provision of actual information, and have announced a packed month of U.S. tour dates. They've also added, since we last reported on the matter, tour stops in London, Berlin, and three cities in Australia; Sigur Rós will hit the East Coast in the beginning of September and won't stop combing the North American landscape until October 6.

This trip the band will be performing their cinematic sound in more theatrical venues, so bust out your black ties and ironed slacks. If that thought gives you pause, and you're really just waiting for Sigur Rós' next LP to liven up your headphones, the band recently contributed some six minutes of original material to the Royal Danish Ballet's rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl". As their website states, the music has no plans for release, but it can be downloaded from the site through the combined wonders of streaming video. You can also read the text of "The Little Match Girl" on Sigur Rós' website, or you can read these nicely reformatted tour dates copped from the very same location:

07-08 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
07-09 Manchester, England - Lowry Theatre
07-10 London, England - Somerset House
07-12 Paris, France - Olympia
07-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
07-14 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal
07-16 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega Main Hall
07-17 Hamburg, Germany - Stadtpark
07-19 Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
07-20 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
07-22 Munich, Germany - Circus Krone
07-23 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
07-25 Rome, Italy - Cavea Auditorium
07-26 Milan, Italy - Villa Arconati
07-31 Naeba, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
08-03 Melbourne, Australia - Hamer Hall
08-04 Sydney, Australia - The Enmore
08-05 Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli
08-09 Honolulu, HI - Hawaii Theatre
09-06 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Symphony Hall
09-07 Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
09-09 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre
09-11 North Bethesda, MD - The Music Center at Strathmore
09-12 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
09-13 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
09-15 Boston, MA - Opera House
09-16 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre Maisonneeuve
09-18 Ottawa, Ontario - TBA
09-19 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
09-20 Ann Arbor, MI - The Michigan Theatre
09-21 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
09-23 Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre
09-24 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
09-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum
09-28 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
09-29 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
10-01 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre
10-03 San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall
10-05 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
10-06 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint

* Sigur Rós: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/

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