Modest Mouse Announces New Gigs

Modest Mouse’s new album was supposed to be released today but instead it was pushed back a few weeks. As a consolation, the band has just added a bunch of new dates to its itinerary. Plus, MM just posted the audio for the tune “Of Course We Know.”

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Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Empire Polo Field, Indio, Calif.

Strangers to Ourselves is now due out March 17 via Epic. But after waiting eight years, what’s a few more weeks? Modest Mouse’s last full-length effort was its fifth LP, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.

Here is the audio to the last track on Strangers to Ourselves, “Of Course We Know.”

And here’s how Modest Mouse’s routing stands today:  

March 7 – Tampa, Fla., Curtis Hixon Park (Gasparilla Music Festival)        
March 9 – Athens, Ga., Georgia Theatre       
March 10 – Chattanooga, Tenn., Track 29    
March 12 – North Charleston, S.C., North Charleston Perf. Arts Center     
March 13 – Raleigh, N.C., The Ritz  
March 18 – New York, N.Y., Webster Hall  
March 19 – New York, N.Y., Webster Hall  
April 17 – Buffalo, N.Y., Asbury Hall At Babeville
April 19 – Ithaca, N.Y., Barton Hall
April 20 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Stage AE
April 22 – Memphis, Tenn., Minglewood Hall          
April 24 – Oklahoma City, Okla., Diamond Ballroom          
April 25 – Frisco, Texas, Toyota Stadium (KDGE 102.1 EdgeFest)
May 23 – Quincy, Wash., Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Music Festival)           
June 19 – Dover, Del., Dover International Speedway (Firefly Music Festival)     
June 26 – Odense, Denmark, Tusindarsskoven (Tinderbox)
June 30 – Berlin, Germany, Huxleys Neue Welt       
July 1 – Gdynia, Poland, Festival Grounds (Open’er Festival)         
July 5 – Birmingham, England, The Institute
July 7 – Manchester, England, The Ritz        
July 8 – Leeds, England, O2 Academy Leeds          
July 9 – Newcastle, England, O2 Academy Newcastle        
July 12 – Perthshire, Scotland, Strathallancastle (T In The Park)
July 19 – Louisville, Ky., Louisville Waterfront Park (Forecastle Festival)  
July 22 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn! Perf. Arts Fest)
July 23 – Boston, Mass., Blue Hills Bank Pavilion  
July 25 – Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Burl’s Creek Event Grounds (Wayhome Music And Arts Festival)

Presales for select dates begin March 4. Additional presales are scheduled March 5. General onsales begin March 6. Visit ModestMouse.com for more details.

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