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Okkervil River Announce Tour With Titus Andronicus

1:43 p.m. · March 1, 2011 · by Julian Hattem

In preparation for the release of their seventh album, Austin-based indie stalwarts Okkervil River are hitting the road with Titus Andronicus to provide audiences with the maximum amount of beards and literary songs about drinking. Titus Andronicus will start things off with a few weeks with the Pogues and then some time on their own and with Bright Eyes before meeting up with Will Sheff and his crew in May. They'll be touring throughout the spring, and will also be joined by Future Islands, Julianna Barwick and NewVillager at various points along the way. At the rate of touring they're doing, I have no idea how Titus Andronicus ever plan to record a new album.

Titus Andronicus:
03.03 Chicago, IL: Congress Theatre *
03.04 Royal Oak, MI: Royal Oak Theatre *
03.07 Baltimore, MD: Rams Head Live *
03.08 Washington, DC: 9:30 Club *
03.09 Washington, DC: 9:30 Club *
03.11 Boston, MA: House of Blues *
03.12 Boston, MA: House of Blues *
03.15 New York, NY: Terminal 5 *
03.17 New York, NY: Terminal 5 *
03.18 Waltham, MA: Brandeis University
03.29 Portland, ME: Space Gallery
03.30 Burlington, VT: Club Metronome
03.31 Montreal, Quebec: Il Motore
04.01 Toronto, Ontario: The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
04.02 Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, Horn Gallery
04.03 Milwaukee, WI: Riverside Theatre %
04.04 Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue %
04.05 Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue %
04.08 Vancouver, British Columbia: Commodore Ballroom %
04.09 Portland, OR: Crystal Ballroom %
04.10 Seattle, WA: Vera Project
04.12 Reno, NV: Holland Show Space at Rainshadow
04.13 Oakland, CA: The New Parish
04.14 Santa Cruz, CA: Crepe Place
04.15 Indio, CA: Coachella
04.18 Phoenix, AZ: Rhythm Room
04.19 Santa Fe, NM: Corazon
04.20 Dallas, TX: Club Dada
04.21 Austin, TX: Emo's
04.22 New Orleans, LA: Circle Bar
04.24 Atlanta, GA: The Earl
04.26 Norfolk, VA: Jewish Mother
04.27 Washington, DC: Black Cat
04.28 Philadelphia, PA: First Unitarian Church
04.29 Hoboken, NJ: Maxwell's
04.30 Brooklyn, NY: Music Hall of Williamsburg

* with the Pogues
% with Bright Eyes

Okkervil River:
03.16 Austin, TX: Red 7 (Jagjaguwar SXSW Showcase)

03.18 Austin, TX: Antone's (Billions SXSW Showcase)

03.18 Austin, TX: Flamingo Cantina (SXSW Under the Radar)

03.19 Austin, TX: Lustre Pearl (SXSW Filter/Dickies)

04.30 Dallas, TX: Gexa Energy Pavilion *

* with Arcade Fire

Okkervil River and Titus Andronicus:

05.31 Atlanta, GA: Variety Playhouse *

06.01 Carrboro, NC: Cat's Cradle *

06.02 Washington, DC: 9:30 Club *

06.03 Philadelphia, PA: Trocadero Theatre *

06.04 New Haven, CT: Toad's Place *

06.07 New York, NY: Terminal 5 *

06.08 Boston, MA: Royale *

06.09 Buffalo, NY: Town Ballroom *

06.10 Toronto, Ontario: Phoenix Concert Theatre *

06.11 Columbus, OH: Newport Music Hall *

06.12 Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue *

06.14 Omaha, NE: Slowdown

06.15 Denver, CO: The Bluebird Theater

06.16 Salt Lake City, UT: Urban Lounge

06.17 Boise, ID: Egyptian Theatre

06.18 Seattle, WA: Neptune Theatre

06.20 Vancouver, British Columbia: The Vogue Theatre %

06.21 Portland, OR: Crystal Ballroom %

06.22 San Francisco, CA: The Fox Theater %

06.23 Los Angeles, CA: The Wiltern #

06.24 San Diego, CA: The Belly Up Tavern #

06.25 Tucson, AZ: Rialto Theatre #

06.28 Lubbock, TX: Jake's #

* with Future Islands
% with Julianna Barwick
# with NewVillager


Okkervil River's I Am Very Far is due out May 10 on Jagjaguwar. Titus Andronicus's The Monitorhas been out for nearly a year, but we liked it enough to call it the ninth best of 2010.

[Pitchfork]