Seriously, does anyone come up with better names for their tours than Slug and Ant? After spending last summer sharing the sounds of When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold as part of “Paint the Nation” tour, the stellar hip-hop duo better better known as Atmosphere will return this spring for another extensive road trip. Titled the “When God Gives You Ugly” tour, the 34-date endeavor kicks off in early April and takes Slug and Ant across the country country until late May.

Prior to the tour, Atmosphere is scheduled to take back in this year’s Paid Dues Festival. Scheduled for March 28th in San Bernardino, California, the independent hip-hop festival will also feature the likes of Cage, B-Real, Tech N9ne, Brother Ali, and Slaughterhouse, a supergroup of sorts featuring Joe Budden, Crooked I, Royce da 5?9?, and Joel Ortiz.

Atmosphere 2009 Tour Dates:
03/28 – San Bernardino, CA @ Paid Dues Festival
04/09 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theatre *
04/10 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory *
04/11 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory *
04/12 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue *
04/14 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater *
04/15 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquis Theatre *
04/17 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre *
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/19 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst *
04/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre *
04/21 – Lake Tahoe, NV @ Montbleu Resort and Casino *
04/23 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
04/24 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo *
04/25 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/26 – Victoria, BC @ Element
04/28 – Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
04/29 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Ballroom
05/01 – Saskatoon, SK @ The Odeon
05/02 – Regina, SK @ The Riddell
05/04 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Rockhouse
05/06 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix
05/07 – London, ON @ Music Hall London
05/08 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Plaza
05/09 – Ottawa, ON @ Ritual Nightclub
05/10 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
05/12 – Portland, ME @ The Asylum
05/13 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
05/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
05/16 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
05/17 – Richmond, VA @ Toad’s Place
05/18 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
05/19 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
05/21 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
05/22 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown

* = w/ P.O.S.