The Locust unleashes plague of late year tour dates

Masked hardcore crusaders The Locust will emerge from their underground lair later this month to launch a headlining tour behind the group's latest offering, "New Erections."

The San Diego-based experimental punk outfit will bring along a plethora of grindcore and noise-rock support acts for the outing, which kicks off Oct. 30 in Orangevale, CA. The 30-city trek winds its way across the US and Canada and back, returning to San Diego in December for a hometown tour finisher. All dates are included below.

Opening acts along the way include Geronimo, Sleeping People, Yip Yip and Upsilon Acrux; Discord of a Forgotten Sketch, Child Abuse and Despised Icon will handle support chores for all of the Canadian dates.

The Locust--whose members perform in costume, including masks and tight-fitting pants and shirts--is backing its fourth studio album and second for the Anti label. Like most of the group's previous efforts dating back to its self-titled 1999 debut album, the new record clocks in at barely over 20 minutes.

The set, released in March, follows 2005's two-track, ten-minute "Safety Second, Body Last."

"I just want to change the way people look at music, or maybe just destroy it in general," said bassist/singer Justin Pearson in the group's online Anti biography. "Things are so normal, safe, 4/4 timing, blah. Sometimes it makes me want to throw up."

[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.]
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October 2007
30 - Orangevale, CA - Boardwalk
31 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

November 2007
1 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
2 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
3 - Vancouver, British Columbia - UBC Ballroom
5 - Calgary, Alberta - The Underground
6 - Edmonton, Alberta - Avenue Skatepark
7 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Walker's Nightclub
8 - Regina, Saskatchewan - The Exchange
9 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - WECC
12 - London, Ontario - Call the Office
13 - Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah
14 - Toronto, Ontario - The Reverb
15 - Montreal, Quebec - Le Studio
16 - Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon
17 - Albany, NY - Valentine's
18 - Providence, RI - Living Room
19 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
20 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory
21 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
23 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
24 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
25 - St Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl
26 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
27 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
29 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
30 - Tempe, AZ - The Sets

December 2007
1 - Corona, CA - Showcase Theatre
2 - Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory
5 - San Diego, CA - Epicentre


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