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Hit up the gift registry, 'cause the Wedding Present are going on tour. And this ain't your uncle's fourth trip down the aisle; this is a special occasion. The band is supporting last year's Take Fountain, their follow-up to 1996's Saturnalia. Yes, that's almost a decade between albums.

\n\n\ A beloved and successful British band, the Wedding Present had seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK from 1986 to 1996, thanks in part to the late John Peel. In 1992, they had a hit single each month-- something that hadn't been done since Elvis. The emmer-effing King, for cryin' out loud! Makes the Arctic Monkeys' success seem like Gay Dad's, doesn't it?.

\n\n\ The North American portion of the group's epic 2006 tour begins tonight in San Diego, and takes them across the country for the next month. It picks up again in Europe in April and May-- prime wedding season.

\n\n\ Here comes the band:

\n\n\ 02-17 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
\n\ 02-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
\n\ 02-21 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
\n\ 02-22 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
\n\ 02-24 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *
\n\ 02-25 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
\n\ 02-26 Tucson, AZ - Plush *
\n\ 02-28 Austin, TX - Emo's *#
\n\ 03-02 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar #
\n\ 03-03 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
\n\ 03-04 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle #
\n\ 03-05 Washington, DC - The Black Cat #
\n\ 03-06 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's #
\n\ 03-07 Boston, MA - Middle East #
\n\ 03-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
\n\ 03-10 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace @
\n\ 03-11 Kalamazoo, MI - Kraftbrau #
\n\ 03-12 Chicago, IL - Double Door #
\n\ 03-13 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar #
\n\ 04-08 Seville, Spain - South Pop Festival $
\n\ 05-01 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
\n\ 05-02 Rotterdam, Nolland - Nighttown
\n\ 05-03 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - d:qliq
\n\ 05-04 Opwijk, Belgium - Nijdrop
\n\ 05-05 Frankfurt, Germany - Cooky's
\n\ 05-06 Cologne, Germany - Geb\xE4ude 9
\n\ 05-07 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
\n\ 05-08 Berlin, Germany - Fritz Club im Postbahnhof
\n\ 05-10 Warsaw, Poland - Punkt
\n\ 05-12 Prague, Czech Republic - Abaton
\n\ 05-13 Vienna, Austria - Planet Music Festival
\n\ 05-14 Munich, Germany - Atomic Caf\xE9
\n\ 05-15 T\xFCbingen, Germany - Sudhaus
\n\ 05-17 Geneva, Switzerland - L'Usine
\n\ 05-18 Lyon, France - Le Ninkasi
\n\ 05-19 Annecy, France - Brise Glace
\n\ 05-20 Grenoble, France - Le Ciel
\n\ 05-22 Bordeaux, France - Le Sonart
\n\ 05-23 Nantes, France - L'Olympic
\n\ 05-24 Brest, France - Cabaret Le Vauban
\n\ 05-25 Rennes, France - L'Antipode
\n\ 05-26 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
\n\ 05-28 Southampton, England - Joiners
\n\ 05-29 Bristol, England - Academy
\n\ 05-30 Birmingham, England - Academy
\n\ 05-31 Liverpool, England - Academy
\n\ 06-02 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Spring & Airbrake
\n\ 06-03 Dublin, Ireland - Temple Bar Music Centre
\n\ 06-05 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
\n\ 06-06 Leeds, England - Metropolitan University
\n\ 06-07 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
\n\ 06-08 London, England - KOKO

\n\n\n\ * with Tim Fite
\n\ # with Sally Crewe and the Sudden Moves
\n\ @ with the Airfields
\n\ $ with Jason Molina, Le Futur Pompiste, Sebastien Schuller

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