In an altruistic gesture, we are about to save the life of Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst. Backstory: The linchpin of the Omaha indie scene is getting set to release an album under his own name on August 5 and launch a worldwide tour to support it. His band for the tour will include drummer Jason Boesel of Rilo Kiley, which records for Oberst's Team Love label. So it's not a huge stretch that Rilo Kiley's singer, indie-rock heartthrob Jenny Lewis, will be joining Oberst on some of his U.S. dates.

So, out of sheer good will for humankind and a desire not to see blood needlessly spilled, we thought we'd spell that out carefully, for fear that poor Oberst, not exactly a hulking brute of a man, will get his innocent skull caved in by hasty male indie-rock fans  who may have seen postings of this news with the words "Conor Oberst," "dates," and "Jenny Lewis" clumped close together, and been motivated to jump to potentially fatal conclusions. 

You don't have to thank us, Conor, just save us some good seats for your New York show. And you'd probably do well to steer clear of Scarlett Johansson too. "But she's married," you say. Yeah, whatever...

Tour dates:

07-16 São Paulo, Brazil - Studio SP
07-17 São Paulo, Brazil - Studio SP
07-18 Santiago, Chile - Cine Arte Normandie
07-19 Buenos Aires, Argentina - La Trastienda
07-25 Billings, MT - Bones Brewing

07-27 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park (Calgary Jazz Festival)
07-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards

07-30 Seattle, WA - Neumos

07-31 Bend, OR - Midtown Ballroom

08-01 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

08-02 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

08-03 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre

08-05 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour

08-08 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge

08-09 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle

08-10 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa

08-11 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero

08-12 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom

08-17 Saratoga, NY - Saratoga Music Festival
08-22 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-23 Birmingham, England - Academy 2
08-24 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms
08-27 London, England - Electric Ballroom
08-28 Manchester, England -Academy 2
08-29 Argyll, Scotland - Hydro Connect Music Festival
08-30 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Spring and Airbrake
08-31 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
09-02 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
09-03 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
09-04 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
09-05 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
09-07 Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk
09-08 Zagreb, Croatia - Studenski
09-09 Vienna, Austria - Arena
09-10 Prague, Czech Republic - TBA
09-11 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
09-12 Cologne, Germany - Gloria
09-13 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
09-14 Salisbury, England - End of the Road Festival
09-20 Omaha, NE - Anchor Inn
09-21 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium (w/Lewis)

09-23 Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge  (w/Lewis)

09-24 Oxford, MS - The Lyric (w/Lewis)

09-25 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom (w/Lewis)

09-27 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
10-02 Melbourne, Australia - The Palace
10-03 Brisbane, Australia - Tivoli
10-04 Sydney, Australia - Enmore
10-05 Sydney, Australia - Great Escape