Mogwai Has Rescheduled US Tour

Bringing that big-boy rock to North America after having to cancel a number of shows last September due to illness in the band.

By Blurt Staff

"Hiya, We're able to announce the dates of our next North American tour..."

Hiya, indeed: that's Mogwai, at their MySpace page blog, unveiling plans to invade the U.S. starting in mid April and running for a month before wrapping in L.A. There are some intriguing stops in such non-major-market cities as Salt Lake City, Omaha, Buffalo, Birmingham and Asheville (the latter makes BLURT especially happy since that's where our southern bureau is located), which we think should be a trend to be encouraged; far to many upper-tier indie bands feel like they should only play the hotspots like NYC, Philly, D.C., Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Phoenix, L.A. and Seattle as they make their way across the country.

It's doubly nice to get this news since, as you can read further down in the MySpace blog posts, the band had to cancel much of their fall 2008 North American tour due to problems that drummer Martin Bulloch was having with his pacemaker. Here's hoping the lad is fit as a fiddle and raring to go.

Mogwai Tour Dates:

4-20 Houston, TX - Numbers
4-21 New Orleans, LA - Republic
4-22 Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theatre
4-23 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
4-24 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
4-25 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
4-27 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
4-28 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
4-29 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
5-01 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
5-02 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
5-03 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
5-04 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
5-05 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall
5-06 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
5-08 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
5-09 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
5-10 Minneapolis, MN- First Avenue
5-11 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
5-12 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
5-13 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
5-15 San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern
5-16 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre