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Tonight, Tindersticks frontman Stuart A. Staples will kick off his first-ever solo trek through North America. It's in support of this year's Leaving Songs (Beggars Banquet)...and by "solo," we mean with a backing band featuring Neil Fraser and David Boulter (both also in Tindersticks), Terry Edwards, Thomas Belhom, and Robert McKinna. A European jaunt will follow in November.

A video for the record's "That Leaving Feeling" track can be streamed here.

Maria McKee will join Staples at this evening's Los Angeles gig to perform duet track "This Road is Long" from Leaving Songs, and the Mekons' Jon Langford and Sally Timms will support in Chicago.

Dates:

10-28 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
10-30 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's
11-01 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub *
11-02 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
11-03 Montreal, Quebec - Casa del Popolo
11-04 Brooklyn, NY - St. Ann's #
11-16 Le Mans, France - L'Espal
11-17 The Hague, the Netherlands - Crossing Border
11-18 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
11-19 Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
11-21 Cologne, Germany - Gerbaude
11-22 Paris, France - Cafe de la Danse
11-23 Ghent, Belgium - Vooruit Theaterzaal
11-25 Chorzów, Poland - Upper-Silesian Art Festival
11-26 Milan, Italy - Tunnel
11-28 Barcelona, Spain - Apolo
11-29 Madrid, Spain - Arena
11-30 Cádiz, Spain - Aulario la Bomba

* with Jon Langford and Sally Timms
# with Scott Matthews

[photo by Paul Heartfield]