The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is putting out a new album, "Plastic Fang," on April 9th, and figured it might be a good idea to support the album with a tour in April and May. So those dates are below, in case you wanted to go see them. In case you were wondering, among the guest artists on the new album are singer/songwriter Elliott Smith, Parliament/Funkadelic principal Bernie Worrell, and New Orleans keyboardist Dr. John.
March 10: San Francisco (Bimbo's)
March 11: Los Angeles (El Rey Theatre)
April 25: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
April 26: Chapel Hill, N.C. (Cat's Cradle)
April 27: Atlanta (Echo Lounge)
April 29: New Orleans (Howlin' Wolf)
April 30: Houston (Numbers)
May 1: Austin, Texas (Stubb's)
May 2: Dallas (Gypsy Ballroom)
May 3: Oklahoma City (Will Rogers Theater)
May 4: Lawrence, Kan. (Bottleneck)
May 5: St. Louis (Mississippi Nights)
May 7: Minneapolis (First Ave)
May 8: Milwaukee (Modjeska)
May 9: Chicago (Metro)
May 10: Bloomington, Ind. (Bluebird)
May 11: Detroit (St. Andrews Hall)
May 12: Cleveland (Beachland Ballroom)
May 14: Toronto (Kool Haus)
May 15: Montreal (Spectrum)
May 16: Boston (Roxy)
May 17-18: New York (Irving Plaza)