(PR) The week of August 20, Minus the Bear will perform a series of west coast in-stores. Venerable retailers such as Easy Street in Seattle, and Ameoba in Berkeley, CA and Fingerprints in Long Beach, CA will play hosts. On August 21, Seattle's Pacific Science Center will produce a very special laserium event, set to the tunes from Planet of Ice. During the month of October, Minus the Bear will visit WXPN's World Cafe Live (air date TBA). A video for lead single from Planet Of Ice, "Knights" has just been finished and should see its debut in the next few weeks. Minus the Bear is set to embark on the first leg of a major world tour, in support of their critically acclaimed release, Planet of Ice, out August 21, 2007 on Suicide Squeeze Records.
The tour, which kicks off September 22, 2007 in Seattle with commercial station KNDD's Endfest, will be the first of many dates across the globe and will continue well into 2008. Support for these dates will come from respected indie acts Subtle, Ela, Helio Sequence and more to be announced soon. Pre sale tickets can be purchased via Music Today
9/22 Seattle, WA KNDD Endfest 16 at Qwest Field#
9/23 Spokane, WA -- Service Station*
9/24 Missoula, MT The Badlander*
9/27 Detroit, MI -- St Andrews Hall
9/28 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop - Early (Ela Supports)
9/28 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop - Late (Subtle supports)
9/29 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel*
9/30 Buffalo, NY Traif Music Hall*
10/1 Toronto, ON Opera House -(TBA?)
10/3 -- Cambridge, MA - The Middle East*
10/4 Cambridge, MA The Middle East*
10/5 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw*
10/6 New York, NY Irving Plaza*
10/7 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom*
10/8 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts*
10/10-- Washington, DC -- Black Cat*
10/11 Norfolk, VA The Norva**
10/12 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse**
10/13 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall**
10/14 Orlando, FL -- The Club at Firestone**
10/15 Ft. Lauderdale, FLCulture Room**
10/16 Tallahassee, FL The Moon**
10/18 -- New Orleans, LA --House of Blues**
# w/ Smashing Pumpkins, Bright Eyes, Social Distortion, Satellite Party, Hot Hot Heat, Paramore, etc.
*w/Subtle, Ela
**w/Helio Sequence, Others TBA
