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Raconteurs surprise no one and announce tour dates

11:15 a.m. · April 1, 2008 · by Andrew Winistorfer

The Raconteurs may have spent the last week consoling the lonely, but now the band has announced a tour in support of their new album.   

The trek begins on April 20 in Vancouver, and wraps up June 12 in St. Louis. Throughout the tour, the band makes stops at the major festivals (Coachella, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage, and Bonnaroo), before winding down by playing a stretch of festivals in Europe (Hove, Heineken Opener, T in the Park, and Oxegen). Will an encore of the band’s hugely popular show at Lollapalooza also be in the cards? We’ll find out on April 7, when the line-up for that festival is announced.

Birds of Avalon support the guys from Vancouver to Austin, and the rowdy fellas in Black Lips join the tour in D.C., and are on until Cincinnati. The Fiery Furnaces inexplicably open in St. Louis, not joining in on any other dates.