Think your summer plans are cool? They probably got nothing on those of Ra Ra Riot. In addition to hanging with Death Cab for Cutie, Andrew Bird and The New Pornographers and stopping at more festivals than Angelina Jolie has children, the Syracuse outfit (Go ‘CusE!) has announced plans for another slew of tour dates for this September. On this particular trek, the band will hit the road with Maps & Atlases and Princeton, the former of which is from Canada, meaning Tim Horton’s Donuts for all!, while the latter hung with us at South by Southwest earlier this year, meaning they will be spending their remaining existence trying to live up to that experience, all of which, in the end, should make for a hell of a show.
Oh yeah, and then there’s that Discovery thing Ra Ra Riot’s Wes Miles got going on…
Ra Ra Riot 2009 Tour Dates:
07/08 – Interlochen, MI @ Interlochen Center For The Arts
07/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre &
07/11 – Berkley, CA @ Greek Theatre #&
07/12 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra #&
07/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre #&
07/14 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre #&
07/16 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum #@
07/17 – Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Ampitheatre #@
07/18 – Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Ampitheatre #@
07/19 – Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Ampitheatre #@
07/26 – Tulsa, OK @ DFest
07/31 – Jersey City, NJ @ All Points West
08/09 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/29 – San Diego, CA @ Street Scene
09/10 – Ithaca, NY @ Castaways *^
09/11 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Place *^
09/12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ WYEP’s Rock The Block
09/13 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *^
09/14 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement *^
09/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
09/18 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *^
09/19 – Champaign-Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Festival
09/20 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird *^
09/21 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck *^
09/23 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *^
09/24 – Austin, TX Emo’s *^
09/25 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live *^
09/26 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon *^
09/27 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree *^
09/29 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *^
09/30 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *^
10/01 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *^
10/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero *^
# = w/ Death Cab for Cutie
& = w/ Andrew Bird
@ = w/ The New Pornographers
* = w/ Map & Atlases
^ = w/ Princeton