Camera Obscura - Tour Dates and News

From the band themselves:

"Hello everyone

We've just got back from playing the first shows to give the new songs a bit of an airing in London, New York and SXSW and it was great to be out and about again and remembering what you all look like. We are now home all of five minutes and are all jumpy and excited about some more shows we have coming up. Presenting....the North American Tour of Summer 09...

27th May Nashville, TN, Mercy Lounge
28th May - Newport, KY, Southgate House
29th May - Chicago, IL, Metro
30th May - Minneapolis, MN, Cedar Cultural Center
1st June - Denver, CO, Bluebird
2nd June - Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Lounge
4th June - Portland, OR, Wonder Ballroom
5th June - Vancouver, BC, Commodore
6th June - Seattle, WA, Showbox
8th June - San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore
9th June - Pomona, CA, Glasshouse
11th June - Los Angeles, CA, Henry Fonda Theatre
13th June - Mexico City, Mexico, Lunario
15th June - Austin, TX, Antones
16th June - Dallas, TX, The Loft
18th June - Birmingham, AL, Bottletree
19th June - Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse
20th June - Carrboro, NC, Cat s Cradle
21st June - Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
22nd June - Philadelphia, PA, T L A
24th June - New York, NY, Webster Hall
25th June - Boston, MA, Somerville Theatre
26th June - Montreal, QUE, La Tulipe (10:30 curfew)
27th June - Toronto, ON, Lee s Palace
29th June - Columbus, OH, Wexner Center Ohio State University
30th June - Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Smalls

Looks pretty good huh? Hope you noticed the Mexico date, we have not forgotten you. Don't forget the Paris, British and Irish dates too, here's a quick reminder:

16th April - Paris, La Maroquinerie
21st April - Newcastle, Academy 2
22nd April - Manchester, Club Adademy
23rd April - London, Shepherd's Bush Empire
24th April - Leamington Spa, The Assembly
25th April - Sheffield, The Leadmill
26th April - Glasgow, The Barrowlands
29th April - Belfast, The Stiff Kitten
30th April - Dublin, Andrew's Lane Theatre

Also as the album release draws nearer and you can express your excitement by preordering the record from HERE in the UK and HERE in North America.

Finally, if you have a free minute today, you could vote for French Navy to be record of the week on one of our favourite radio shows by emailing the subject 'vote camera obscura french navy' to radcliffe.maconie@bbc.co.uk

Speaking of French Navy, you can see the video for it HERE or on the Jocknroll blog (okay, we added that the last bit - The Cat)

Phew. Thanks for reading

The band xx"