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DCFC @ Bumbershoot (pics), St Vincent tour dates (DCFC)

photos by Chris Graham

Bumbershoot

Booking hometown heroes Death Cab for Cutie to headline the final day of Bumbershoot was a wise and appropriate choice, considering the band and festival are rising rapidly from local to national prominence.

Touring behind the album “Narrow Stairs” and playing in front of a backdrop displaying the record’s cover art, Death Cab delivered big during its largest Seattle performance to date.

Hearing the band’s sublime songs under a dark, cloudy sky with the Space Needle overlooking Memorial Stadium during the last night of Bumbershoot created the perfect Emerald City scenario. It doesn’t get much more Seattle than that.

Throughout the group’s 90-minute set it was clear the band has completed its transformation from that group of indie kids only trendy scenesters knew about to a full-blown, stadium-packing rock band. The set included material from “Narrow Stairs” as well as older records, giving both new and old fans something to enjoy. [Seattle PI]

Tickets are still on sale for the upcoming Death Cab For Cutie shows at Radio City Music Hall and House of Blues in Atlantic City – two of the four shows that St. Vincent was recently announced as opener on. Death Cab’s upcoming tour also includes dates where Death Cab is opening for Neil Young and St. Vincent has an upcoming show at BAM.

More Bumbershoot pics and all St. Vincent dates, below…

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St Vincent – 2008 Tour Dates
Sep 25 – Museum of Fine Arts College Night – MFA STUDENTS ONLY Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 27 – Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn, New York
Oct 3 – Agganis Arena – Boston, Massachusetts *
Oct 4 – Chevrolet Theater – Wallingford, Connecticut *
Oct 5 – House of Blues at Showboat – Atlantic City, New Jersey *
Oct 6 – Radio City Music Hall – New York, New York *

* w/ Death Cab For Cutie

Death Cab For Cutie – 2008 Tour Dates
Oct 3 – Agganis Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 4 – Chevrolet Theater Wallingford, Connecticut
Oct 5 – House of Blues at The Showboat Atlantic City, New Jersey
Oct 6 – Radio City Music Hall New York, New York
Oct 8 – LC Outdoor Amphitheater Columbus, Ohio
Oct 11 – OKOBOS Festival Green Bay
Oct 12 – University of Illinois – Assembly Champaign, Illinois
Oct 13 – Fox Theatre St. Louis, Missouri
Oct 14 – Xcel Energy Center (with Neil Young) Saint Paul, Minnesota
Oct 16 – MTS Centre (with Neil Young) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Oct 18 – Brandt Centre (with Neil Young) Regina, Saskatchewan
Oct 19 – Pengrowth Saddledome (with Neil Young) Calgary, Alberta
Oct 21 – Comcast Arena at Everett (with Neil Young) Everett, Washington
Oct 22 – General Motors Place (with Neil Young) Vancouver, British Columbia
Oct 29 – Cox Arena (with Neil Young) San Diego, California
Oct 30 – The Forum (with Neil Young) Inglewood, California
Nov 1 – Reno Events Center (with Neil Young) Reno, Nevada
Nov 4 – Sprint Center (with Neil Young) Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 5 – Qwest Center (with Neil Young) Omaha, Nebraska
Nov 12 – St. George’s Market Belfast
Nov 13 – Ambassador Theatre Dublin
Nov 14 – Corn Exchange Edinburgh, Scotland
Nov 15 – Rock City Nottingham, Midlands
Nov 16 – Colston Hall Bristol, Southwest
Nov 17 – Carling Academy Sheffield, Midlands
Nov 19 – Alexandra Palace London, London and South East
Nov 20 – Crossing Border Festival The Hague, Zuid-Holland
Nov 21 – Muffathalle Munich
Nov 22 – Les Halles Brussels, Brussels-capital
Nov 23 – Bataclan Paris
Nov 24 – Ringlokschupen Bielefeld
Nov 25 – Admiralspalast Berlin