Lemonheads to mount fall tour

Singer/songwriter Evan Dando leads his revamped Lemonheads on a fall tour that supports the group's first new album in a decade.

Dando and company will launch the month-long run in mid-November, and stops are planned in about 20 cities by the time the jaunt wraps up on the group's home turf of Boston. Details are included below.

On Sept. 26, The Lemonheads issue their eighth album, a self-titled set that is the group's first new disc since 1996's "Car Button Cloth." Joining Dando in the studio were drummer Bill Stevenson (Descendants, Black Flag) and bassist Karl Alvarez (Descendents). Dando and Stevenson co-produced the album at Stevenson's Blasting Room studios in Ft. Collins, CO.

Stevenson wrote or co-wrote three of the disc's 11 songs, according to a press release, while longtime Lemonheads collaborator Tom Morgan added another pair of tracks. Guests who turn up on the set include bassist Josh Lattanzi, keyboardist Garth Hudson and guitarist J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.). Lattanzi and drummer John Kent will back Dando during the upcoming tour.

"The Lemonheads" features the cut "Become the Enemy," which is due to hit radio stations in mid-September. Meanwhile, another cut titled "No Backbone" is currently streaming at The Lemonheads' MySpace page.

Fans need not fear that "The Lemonheads" is a one-off reunion set from Dando.

"I want to do another [album] right away," the singer told LiveDaily during a recent interview. "I'm going to be writing on tour. And I want to get right in the studio and do another one, I hope, at Fort Collins with Bill again."

TOUR DATES
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November 2006
18 – Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
19 – Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
21, 22 – Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
24, 25 – San Francisco, CA - The Independent
27 – Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
28 – Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
30 – Boise, ID - The Big Easy Concert Hall

December 2006
1 – Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
2 – Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
4 – Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
5 – Minneapolis, MN - The 400 Bar
7, 8 – Chicago, IL - Double Door
9 – Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
10 – Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
12 – Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
13 – Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
14 – Washington, DC - Black Cat
15 – New York, NY - Irving Plaza
16 – Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom

 tour dates and tickets
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