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Fresh from touring with alt-rock stalwarts Pearl Jam, My Morning Jacket is finishing off its summer touring schedule with the next logical step: playing two nights with the Boston Pops. On June 21 and 22, in between appearances at the Bonnaroo and High Sierra festivals, My Morning Jacket will take the stage at the Boston Symphony Hall backed by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, expanding the band's already expansive sound.

When I was a kid, John Williams was the Boston Pops conductor, and R2-D2 and C3P0 would come out whenever they did the "Star Wars" theme. I'm not sure how tight My Morning Jacket are with the droid community, but I wouldn't put some equally fun and/or ridiculous shenanigans past them.

On June 28 and 29, the orchestra will repeat the feat, only those times it will be Aimee Mann leading the charge, not My Morning Jacket.

This Thursday, June 8, Jim James and crew will make an appearance on "The Late Show With David Letterman" alongside 13 members of the Boston Pops. For those in the Boston area, consider the Letterman spot a preview of what's heading your way later this June; for everyone else, consider this a huge tease of what you won't be getting.

Here's how the rest of MMJ's summer looks:

06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
06-21 Boston, MA - Boston Symphony Hall *
06-22 Boston, MA - Boston Symphony Hall *
06-30 Quincy, CA - High Sierra Festival

* with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra