Stars to Fall in the Fall

Sweeping in as the leaves change…

By Fred Mills

Though there’s no new album to promote — the most recent one was last year’s excellent In Our Bedroom After The War (Arts & Crafts) — Montreal collective Stars will be doing a three week tour starting about NOW over in Europe then landing on the North American shores next week. It will take them across the U.S. and back, and then back across.

Or, as we are smartly advised by the band’s handlers, “These fine purveyors of heart-ache and romance will sweep in as the leaves change.”

Go to their MySpace page (www.myspace.com/stars ) and you can check out a bunch of their videos, including the new one for “Bitches in Tokyo,” directed by Kevin Drew and George Vale, aka Experimental Parachute Movement.

Stars Tour Dates:

Jun 27 2008     8:00P

            Tivoli de Helling         Utrecht

Jun 28 2008     8:00P

            Furia Sound Festival   Cergy Pontoise

Jun 29 2008     8:00P

            Glastonbury Festival   Pilton

Jul 5 2008        8:00P

            Festival d’été de Quebéc        Vieux-Quebec, Quebec

Jul 8 2008        9:30P

            Ottawa Bluesfest        Ottawa, Ontario

Aug 24 2008   8:00P

            San Francisco Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival          San Francisco, California

Sep 17 2008    8:00P

            Pearl Street      Northampton, Massachusetts

Sep 19 2008    8:00P

            Trocadero Theatre       Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sep 20 2008    8:00P

            Terminal 5       New York, New York

Sep 24 2008    8:00P

            The Riviera Theatre     Chicago, Illinois

Sep 25 2008    8:00P

            The Pageant    St. Louis, Missouri

Sep 26 2008    8:00P

            The Granada   Lawrence, Kansas

Sep 28 2008    8:00P

            Austin City Limits Music Festival      Austin, Texas

Oct 1 2008      8:00P

            Avalon            Hollywood, California

Oct 2 2008      8:00P

            House of Blues - Anaheim      Anaheim, California

Oct 4 2008      8:00P

            Rio Theatre     Santa Cruz, California

Oct 8 2008      8:00P

            Wonder Ballroom       Portland, Oregon

Oct 9 2008      8:00P

            The Showbox Theatre             Seattle, Washington