May 8, 2006

Calexico tour with Crooked Fingers and Broken Social Scene

Indie-folk-rock band Calexico have now made plans to hit the road and promote their newest album entitled Garden Ruin. The tour runs throughout North America and includes a large number of stops. Things kick off in Solana Beach, CA on June 12th and will continue to roll until they end things off with a band at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 5th.

Some of the tour stops will feature Eric Bachmann of Crooked Fingers' while other will have Jason Collett of Broken Social Scene opening up.

Check out the Calexico MySpace site for addition tour dates and locations. You'll also get an opportunity to check out some track samples from Garden Ruin (depending on when you visit their page).

Jun 12 - Solana Beach, CA
Jun 13 - Los Angeles, CA
Jun 15 - Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 16 - San Fransisco, CA
Jun 17 - San Fransisco, CA
Jun 19 - Portland, OR
Jun 20 - Vancouver, BC
Jun 21 - Seattle, WA
Jun 23 - Chicago, IL
Jun 24 - Pittsburgh, PA
Jun 25 - Philadelphia, PA
Jun 26 - Washington, DC
Jun 27 - Brooklyn, NY
Jun 28 - Boston, MA
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