The Mountain Goats Announce Tour

The Mountain Goats Announce Tour

Photo by Lissa Gotwals

This fall, the Mountain Goats will continue their tour behind their wrestling-centric album Beat the Champ. After a series of shows where John Darnielle will play solo, the full band will embark on a world tour. Find those dates and Darnielle’s (predictably entertaining) tour announcement below.

Read our interview with Darnielle.

The Mountain Goats:

09-08 St Louis, MO – Off Broadway ^
09-09 Lawrence, KS – Lawrence Arts Center ^
09-10 Lincoln, NE – Vega ^
09-12 Ames, IA – Maximum Ames Music Festival ^
10-02 Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre
10-03 Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
10-04 Birmingham, AL – Saturn
10-05 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
10-07 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
10-08 Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theatre
10-09 St. Augustine, FL – Colonial Quarters
10-10 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
11-12 Leeds, England – Brudenell Social Club
11-13 Glasgow, Scotland – Art School
11-14 Dublin, Ireland – Whelans
11-15 Manchester, England – Gorilla
11-17 Bristol, England – Trinity
11-18 Brighton, England – Komedia
11-19 London, England – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
11-20 Brussels, Belgium – Autumn Falls Festival
11-22 Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Paradiso Noord

^ John Darnielle solo

I’M AT HOME IN THE WOODSHED STOP IT SMELLS AWESOME IN THE WOODSHED STOP I KNOW USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE BRING UP SMELL THEY’RE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING SMARTASS BUT I’M SERIOUS STOP THE WOODSHED IS AWESOME BECAUSE IT SMELLS LIKE WOOD STOP CEDAR PINE REDWOOD HICKORY YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO LOVE THE SMELL OF TREES STOP TREES GENERALLY REALLY STOP SO THE WOODSHED IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE AS LONG AS YOU DON’T GET TOO SENTIMENTAL ABOUT THE TREES STOP BECAUSE TO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO IN THE WOODSHED SOME STUFF HAS GOTTA GO DOWN WITH THE TREES STOP ANYHOW STOP 

I PERSONALLY WILL BE EMERGING FROM THE WOODSHED IN LATE AUGUST STOP I WILL PREPARE A PATH FROM THE WOODSHED STOP WE AS A BAND WILL EMERGE FROM OUR INDIVIDUAL WOODSHEDS ON 2 OCTOBER IN KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO COMPLETE THE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR OF BEAT THE CHAMP STOP WE WILL PLAY EIGHT SHOWS STOP THEREAFTER WE WILL DEPART FOR EUROPE AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED STOP WHEN WE HAVE RETURNED FROM THE EUROPEAN SHOWS I WILL BE BARRICADING MYSELF IN THE WOODSHED WHERE I AM HARD AT WORK ON AN ALTAR STOP IT’S AN ALTAR TO TREES MADE OUT OF TREES STOP IT’S A VERY SELF-REFERENTIAL ALTAR STOP

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MOUNTAIN GOATS ON THE BEAT THE CHAMP TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA THESE EIGHT SHOWS ARE YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO STOP PLEASE JOIN US ON THE BY FOR AND ABOUT THE TREES SOUTHEASTERN TOUR FALL 2015 STOP WE WILL NOT BE PLAYING RUSH’S “THE TREES” WE DON’T HAVE THAT KIND OF CHOPS STOP

Revisit the Mountain Goats’ “Cemetery Gates” session for Pitchfork.tv:

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