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At the rate the Albert Hammond, Jr. train is going, the Strokes may be facing a downtime between albums of Radiohead-like proportions. The curly-haired noodler has announced his spring and summer dates, and he's got enough shows to keep him busy through the end of August.

After a few weeks of club dates in the U.S. and Mexico, Hammond and his band (bassist Josh Lattanzi, drummer Matt Romano, guitarist Steve Schiltz, and guitarist/keyboardist Marc Eskenazi) will head over to Europe for two fistfuls of festival dates.

Hammond and co. start things off May 20 in San Francisco, and joining them on their U.S. dates will be Cambridge, Mass. group the Dead Trees.

Dates:

05-20 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
05-21 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues *
05-22 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
05-24 Scottsdale, AZ - Martini Ranch *
05-25 Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theatre *
05-26 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre *
05-27 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad *
05-29 Mexico City, Mexico - Jose Cuervo Salon 21
05-31 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
06-03 Austin, TX - The Parish *
06-04 Dallas, TX - House of Blues (Cambridge Room) *
06-05 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
06-07 St. Paul, MN - Station 4 *
06-08 Chicago, IL - Metro *
06-09 Detroit, Michigan - St. Andrew's Hall *
06-13 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
06-15 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony *
06-18 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
07-07 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park
07-08 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-13 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
07-21 Benicássim, Spain - Festival Internacional de Benicássim
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-24 Paris, France - Rock en Seine
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival

* with the Dead Trees