Wilco tacks new leg onto 'Sky Blue Sky' trek

Wilco has announced plans for a new tour leg later this summer as the band continues to support its latest studio album, "Sky Blue Sky."

The Chicagoans will tackle the fresh slate of shows beginning Aug. 14 in Duluth, MN, with 11 new cities on the schedule, which primarily centers on West Coast and Pacific Northwest venues. The group is currently finishing up the first leg of "Sky Blue Sky" dates and is scheduled to play tonight (6/19) in Atlanta. The itinerary is included below.

"Sky Blue Sky," which hit stores May 15, is Wilco's follow-up to 2004's "A Ghost is Born." The album is currently streaming in its entirety at the group's website.

The band endured a bit of controversy earlier this year when a marketing deal with Volkswagen to use songs from "Sky Blue Sky" in the automaker's commercials prompted outcries from some of the group's fans.

"With the commercial radio airplay route getting more difficult for many bands (including Wilco), we see this as another way to get the music out there," the band said in an early June statement posted at its website. "As with most of the above (with the debatable exception of radio) the band gets paid for this. And we feel okay about VWs. Several of us even drive them."

TOUR DATES
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June 2007
19 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
20 - Charlotte, NC - Ovens Auditorium
21 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
22 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater
24 - Northampton, MA - The Pines
25 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
26 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
28 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
29 - Shelburne, VT - The Green at Shelburne Museum
30 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall

August 2007
14 - Duluth, MN - Bayfront Festival Park
15 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
17 - Calgary, Alberta - Jubilee Auditorium
18 - Edmonton, Alberta - Jubilee Auditorium
21 - Seattle, WA - Marymoor Park
22 - Troutdale, OR - Edgefield
24 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
26 - Santa Barbara, CA - County Bowl
27 - San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theater
29 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre

September 2007
1, 2 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
16 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival

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