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Guster's tour plans get blown around

Published August 3, 2006 04:54 PM

By Jon Zahlaway / LiveDaily Senior Writer

Guster [ tickets ], which has been touring behind its recently released album, "Ganging Up on the Sun," has rolled out some new shows, canceled some others, and announced that Ray LaMontagne won't be staying on board during the group's September outing.

Originally due to return to the stage Friday (8/4) night in Cleveland, Guster has pulled the plug on that show, as well as its scheduled shows in Columbus, OH (8/5) and Pittsburgh (8/6). Tickets refund are available at the point of purchase. The group gave no explanation for the cancellations.

LaMontagne, meanwhile, did offer an explanation for ducking out of Guster's September tour.

"Ray LaMontagne regretfully has to cancel his participation in the second leg of his co-headlining tour with Guster due to unforeseen conflicts in his schedule," reads a statement from the singer's camp. "... He enjoyed the first leg with Guster and is disappointed he can't continue at this time but is looking forward to returning to the road soon."

"It's too bad, since the shows so far have really been great and we've been flattered to be on the same stage with someone as talented as Ray," Guster said in a message posted at its website.

The group has tapped Nada Surf [ tickets ] and Tristan Prettyman [ tickets ] to take over for the tour's next leg, which begins in mid-September. Details are included in the itinerary below.

"Ganging Up on the Sun" follows Guster's 2003 set, "Keep It Together." Originally due out last year, the new disc was first pushed back until early 2006, then June 13 and finally hit stores June 20.

Three tracks from "Ganging Up on the Sun"--"Satellite," "One Man Wrecking Machine" and "Ruby Falls"--are streaming at Guster's MySpace site.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

August 2006
4 - Cleveland, OH - Tower City Amphitheater (CANCELED)
5 - Columbus, OH - PromoWest Pavilion (CANCELED)
6 - Pittsburgh, PA - Chevrolet Amphitheatre (CANCELED)
8 - Toledo, OH - Zoo Amphitheatre (w/ Rogue Wave)
9 - Rochester, NY - High Falls (w/ Ray LaMontagne, Rogue Wave)
11 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion (w/ Ray LaMontagne, Rogue Wave)
12 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion (w/ Yonder Mountain String Band, Rogue Wave)
16 - Burlington, VT - Champlain Valley Fairgrounds (w/ Ray LaMontagne, Yonder Mountain String Band)
17 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center (w/ Ray LaMontagne, Rogue Wave)
18 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center (w/ Ray LaMontagne, Yonder Mountain String Band)
19 - Portland, ME - Cumberland County Civic Center (w/ Ray LaMontagne, Rogue Wave)

September 2006
14 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
15 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival (2:30 p.m.)
15 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa (w/ Gomez)
16 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater (w/ Tristan Prettyman)
17 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues (w/ Tristan Prettyman)
19 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)
20 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)
22 - Kansas City, MO - City Market (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)
23 - Denver, CO - City Lights Pavilion (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)
27 - San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theatre (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)
29 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)
30 - Berkeley, CA - Berkeley Community Theatre (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)

October 2006
3 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)
4 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom (w/ Nada Surf, Tristan Prettyman)

w/ Barenaked Ladies' "Ships and Dip"

January 2006
15-19 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Carnival Legend Cruise