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Dirty Projectors announce North American tour with Canadian stops

by Nicole Villeneuve

Summer! The best touring time of the year!

After news earlier today of a few Canadian Fiona Apple dates in July, Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors have also announced an extensive run of summer dates with a handful of Canadian stops.

Mere days in advance of recently announced new album Swing Lo Magellan, out July 10, the band will kick off the tour with shows in Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto, and will wind up in Vancouver as they head west. Purity Ring and Wye Oak will be trading off as openers.

Check out all the dates below.

Tour Dates
Jul 05 Ottawa ON – Ottawa Jazz Fest
Jul 06 Toronto ON – Danforth Music Hall*
Jul 07 Montreal QC – Club Soda*
Jul 08 Boston MA – Paradise Rock Club*
Jul 10 Brooklyn NY – Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park*^
Jul 11 Pittsburgh PA – Mr. Smalls*
Jul 13 Chicago IL – Pitchfork Music Festival*
Jul 14 Milwaukee WI – Pabst Theater*
Jul 15 Minneapolis MN – First Avenue*
Jul 17 St. Louis MO – The Pageant^
Jul 18 Lawrence KS – Granada Theater^
Jul 20 Denver CO – Bluebird Nightclub^
Jul 21 Salt Lake City UT – In The Venue^
Jul 23 Seattle WA – Showbox^
Jul 24 Vancouver BC – Commodore^
Jul 25 Portland OR – Crystal Ballroom^
Jul 27 Oakland CA – Fox Oakland Theater^
Jul 28 Los Angeles CA – Wiltern^
Jul 29 San Diego CA – House of Blues^
Jul 31 Marfa TX – The Crowley Theatre^
Aug 02 Austin TX – Emo’s East^
Aug 03 Dallas TX – Kessler Theater^
Aug 04 New Orleans LA – House of Blues^
Aug 06 Orlando FL – The Beacham Theatre
Aug 07 Ft. Lauderdale FL – Culture Room
Aug 09 Atlanta GA – Variety Playhouse
Aug 10 Asheville NC – Orange Peel
Aug 11 Knoxville TN – Bijou Theatre
Aug 13 Nashville TN – Cannery Ballroom
Aug 14 Louisville KY – Headliners Music Hall
Aug 15 Pontiac MI – The Crofoot Ballroom
Aug 16 Washington DC – 9:30 Club
Aug 18 Philadelphia PA – Union Transfer
*With Purity Ring
^With Wye Oak