Chicago native folk-rocker Andrew Bird, an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist released in March Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum), Bird's first studio album since the critically acclaimed The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005) and is now prepared to do the leg work in support of.
Continuing his eco-friendly efforts, Bird will hit the road aboard a bio-diesel tour bus for select dates in the US and Canada this fall, including appearances at the Austin City Limits Festival and Bumbershoot.
Since the top 100 debut of Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew has kept busy touring throughout Europe and the States, headlining to capacity crowds and delivering standout sets at SXSW, Coachella, and supporting the Decemberists at the Hollywood Bowl show in July, where he inspired the Los Angeles Times to comment "the lanky, violin-playing Bird offered an unlikely pastiche of Appalachian folk, John Zorn and Sergio Leone;.
A video for the track "Imitosis" debuts tomorrow(August 16) at: http://www.myspace.com/andrewbird
Andrew Bird on tour: Sep 1 - Vancouver, BC - Richard's On Richards Sep 2 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot 2007 (Mural Stage) Sep 8 - Chicago, IL - 11th Annual Hideout Block Party Sep 10 - Knoxville, TN - The Bijou Theater Sep 11 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel Sep 12 - Durham, NC - The Carolina Theatre Sep 13 - Atlanta, GA - The Variety Playhouse Sep 15 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival Sep 17 - Lawrence, KS - The Granada (solo show) Sep 18 - Louisville, KY - WL Lyons Brown Theatre (solo show) Sep 19 - Bloomington, IN - Buskirk Chumley Theater (solo show) Sep 20 - Madison, WI - Wisconsin Union Theater Sep 21 - Urbana, IL - 2007 Pygmalion Music Festival at Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center (solo show) Sep 22 - Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre (solo show) Sep 24 - Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall at The Church (solo show) Sep 25 - Toronto, ONT - The Opera House Sep 26 - Montreal, QUE - La Tulipe Sep 28 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Sep 29 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar Sep 30 - Richmond, VA - Toad's Place Richmond Oct 1 - State College, PA - State Theatre Oct 2 - Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Music Hall
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Earlier in May, a concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC was webcast by NPR and is available for download here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10213407