The Racontuers, Black Lips prep U.S. tour
The Raconteurs have revealed dates and details for their upcoming summer tour. In support of the recent release of Consolers of the Lonely, Jack White and company will be taking along the Black Lips along for the ride, and will also be hitting up several summer music festivals, including the recently released Reading and Leeds Festivals.

Tour dates after the jump…
The Raconteurs 2008 Tour Dates:
04-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *
04-21 Seattle, WA - Neumo’s *
04-22 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
04-23 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo’s 365 Club *
04-25 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-26 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint *
04-28 Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium *
04-29 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre *
05-01 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *
05-02 Austin, TX - Stubb’s BBQ *
05-03 Austin, TX - Stubb’s BBQ *
05-04 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
05-27 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ^
05-28 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ^
05-30 New York, NY - Terminal 5 ^
06-03 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion ^
06-04 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis ^
06-05 Toronto, Ontario - Ricoh Coliseum ^
06-07 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore ^
06-09 Columbus, OH - LC Amphitheater ^
06-10 Cincinnati, OH - National City Pavilion ^
06-12 St. Louis, MO - Pageant #
06-13 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-26 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
07-03 Gdynia, Poland - Heineken Opener Festival
07-12 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park
07-13 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
* with Birds of Avalon
^ with Black Lips
# with the Fiery Furnaces
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No Chicago date and no reason for them to NOT be at Lolla.. can I speculate? Oh, I already started.
go ahead.
God, Mr. Perfectionist!
Jack White looks like he’s about to rape you.
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
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