Colin Meloy & My Brightest Diamond (CRED)

The Decemberists will make their orchestral debut with a five-city outdoor summer tour featuring the band with symphony orchestras in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Chicago. This inspired pairing features brand-new orchestral arrangements of The Decemberists’ songs composed by Sean O’Loughlin. will make their orchestral debut with a five-city outdoor summer tour featuring the band with symphony orchestras in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Chicago. This inspired pairing features brand-new orchestral arrangements of The Decemberists’ songs composed by Sean O’Loughlin.

Decemberists - 2007 Orchestral Tour Dates 7.7 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl (with LA Philharmonic, Band of Horses opens) (presale) 7.13 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park (with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (presale) 7.14 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) (presale) 7.15 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center (with the Mann Festival Orchestra) (presale) 7.18 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park Music Festival at Pritzker Pavilion (with Grant Park Orchestra) Free! Decemberists - 2007 Tour Dates (no orchestra) 6.17 - Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival 7.16 - New York City, NY - Central Park Summerstage (Grizzly Bear, Land of Talk open ) (tickets) 7.22 - Portland, OR - Edgefield Winery (Menomena opens) (presale)

My Brightest Diamond (picture above with Colin) is also touring...

My Brightest Diamond - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 22 - Fillmore Auditorium Denver, Colorado
Apr 25 - Warfield Theater San Francisco, California
Apr 26 - Warfield Theater San Francisco, California
Apr 27 - House of Blues, Mandalay Las Vegas
Apr 30 -Troubadour Los Angeles, California
May 3 - McDonald Theater Eugene, Oregon
May 4 - Paramount Theater Seattle, Washington
May 5 - Western Washington University Bellingham, Washington
May 30 - The Bowery Ballroom New York, New York w/ The National

You can download a free MBD song on the new "Cross-Pollination: The Mixtape Vol. 1".

Grizzly Bear - 2007 Tour Dates
Apr 29 - Indio, CA Coachella Festival
May 11 - Cologne, Germany Gebaeude9
May 12 - Hamburg, Germany Prinzenbar
May 13 - Brugges, Belgium Cactus Club
May 14 - Paris, France La Boule Noire (Special Small Show)
May 16 - Leicester, UK Sumo
May 17 - Glasgow, UK Nice N' Sleazy
May 18 - Dublin, Ireland Whelans
May 20 - Somerset, UK ATP vs The Fans (Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead)
May 21 - London, UK Scala
May 26 - George (Gorge Ampitheater), WA Sasquatch Music Festival
Jun 02 - Barcelona, Spain Primavera Festival
Jun 08 - Northampton, MA Calvin Theater *
Jun 09 - Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center *
Jun 13 - Washington D.C., DC 9:30 Club *
Jun 14 - Greensboro, NC Carolina Theater *
Jun 15 - Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse *
Jun 20 - Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theater *
Jun 22 - Boulder, CO Boulder Theater *
Jun 24 - Seattle, WA Moore Theater *
Jun 25 - Portland, OR TBA *
Jun 27 - San Francisco, CA The Fillmore *
Jun 29 - Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern *
Jun 30 - Solana Beach, CA Belly Up *
Jul 07 - Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Festival
Jul 14 - Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival
Jul 16 - New York City, NY Summerstage +

* w/ Feist
+ w/ The Decemberists & Land of Talk

(Video & picture at the top of this post via the Grizzly Bear blog)

Land of Talk - 2007 Tour Dates
May 17 - Brighton Ocean Rooms (Fandango Night) Brighton
May 18 - The Great Escape Brighton
May 19 - The Zap (Drowned in Sound night) Brighton
May 21 - King Tuts Glasgow, Scotland
May 22 - Barfly Liverpool
May 23 - Night and Day Manchester
May 24 - Thekla Bristol
May 25 - Waterats London
May 28 - The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario
May 29 - Blind Pig Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 30 - Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio
May 31 - Little Brothers Columbus, Ohio
Jun 1 - Subterranean Chicago, Illinois
Jun 2 - The Stones Throw Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Jun 3 - 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jun 4 - Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas
Jun 5 - Larimer Lounge Denver, Colorado
Jun 8 - Neumos Seattle, Washington
Jun 9 - Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia
Jun 10 - Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
Jun 12 - Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Jun 13 - Cellar Door Visalia, California
Jun 15 - Glass House Pomona, California
Jun 16 - Spaceland Los Angeles, California
Jun 17 - Plush Tuscon, Arizona
Jun 19 - The Cavern Dallas, Texas
Jun 20 - The Parish Austin
Jun 21 - Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jun 22 - The Bottle Tree Birmingham, Alabama
Jun 23 - The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 16 - Central Park Summerstage w/Decemberists/Grizzly Bear NYC, New York