(antiMusic) Our friends The Ataris kicked off an North American tour on Friday. What makes this outing special, aside from the good time and good music, is that it was the fans that help put it together with the band via their Myspace page and they did a pretty impressive job at that! They are also getting local bands involved at each stop. Here is the official announcement they sent over: We The Ataris are officially announcing our U.S. / Canada tour for September and October! All of these shows were booked by us the band via our myspace page. Giving our fans the opportunity to personally book The Ataris in their town. All of the shows will be held at very personal, intimate venues. And for each show we will be letting 2- 3 of the best local bands open up the show.
The setlist on this tour will be comprised mostly of older songs from our early records "Blue Skies.", "So Long, Astoria" and "End is Forever". This will set us up to begin recording our next full length record as soon as we return home. So far all of the songs are actually sounding like something that could be on one of those three records! Expect the new album in early 2008! For now make sure you don't miss these shows!
Let's all get in the crowd together, sing along and remind ourselves of why we fell in love with punk rock in the first place! See you at the shows! Please copy this message and tour dates and post them on every website, blog and message board you can find! Take Care - Your friends, The Ataris
THE ATARIS SEPT.-OCT. U.S./ CANADA TOUR
Sep 7 2007 5:30P
Off Broadway (early show!) St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 8 2007 7:30P
Beat Kitchen Chicago, Illinois
Sep 9 2007 7:00P
Miramar Theatre Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sep 10 2007 7:00P
Grand Emporium Kansas City, Missouri
Sep 11 2007 7:00P
The Casbah Ottumwa, Iowa
Sep 12 2007 7:00P
King of Clubs Claremore (Tulsa), Oklahoma
Sep 13 2007 8:00P
Rubber Gloves Denton (Dallas), Texas
Sep 14 2007 7:00P
Java Jazz Coffee House Houston, Texas
Sep 15 2007 7:00P
Chapas Bar / The Pit Brownsville, Texas
Sep 16 2007 7:00P
Zeros Bar Corpus Christi, Texas
Sep 17 2007 7:00P
Limelight (18 +) San Antonio, Texas
Sep 18 2007 7:00P
Emo's Austin, Texas
Sep 19 2007 7:00P
Juanita's Little Rock, Arkansas
Sep 20 2007 7:00P
Swell O Venue Jackson, Mississippi
Sep 21 2007 6:30P
Skate Park of Memphis Cordova, Tennessee
Sep 22 2007 7:00P
Tailgaters Louisville, Kentucky
Sep 23 2007 7:00P
The Hayloft Mt. Clemens (Detroit), Michigan
Sep 24 2007 7:00P
Fat Jimmy's Kent, Ohio
Sep 25 2007 7:00P
Hurricane Community Center Hurricane, West Virginia
Sep 26 2007 7:00P
Belvedere's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sep 27 2007 7:00P
The Union Athens, Ohio
Sep 28 2007 7:00P
Rock and Roll Hotel WASHINGTON, Washington DC
Sep 29 2007 2:00P
Philadelphia Campus Philly Kick-Off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 30 2007 7:00P
Howard's Bowling Green, Ohio
Oct 1 2007 7:00P
Mac's Bar Lansing, Michigan
Oct 2 2007 7:00P
The Chubby Pickle Windsor, Ontario
Oct 3 2007 7:00P
The Salt Lounge London, Ontario
Oct 4 2007 6:30P
The Casbah Hamilton, Ontario
Oct 5 2007 7:00P
Reverb Toronto, Ontario
Oct 6 2007 5:30P
L3 Night Club St. Catherines, Ontario
Oct 7 2007 7:00P
The Foundation Barrie, Ontario
Oct 8 2007 7:00P
Time to Laugh Kingston, Ontario
Oct 9 2007 7:00P
Maverick's Ottawa, Ontario
Oct 10 2007 7:00P
Le Maquisart Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Oct 11 2007 7:00P
Metric St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Oct 12 2007 7:00P
Club Lambi Montreal, Quebec
Oct 13 2007 7:00P
Manoir de Pont-Rouge Pont-Rouge, Quebec
Oct 14 2007 6:00P
Bar Le Freddys Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Quebec
Oct 15 2007 7:00P
Pavillion Agricole Rimouski, Quebec
Oct 17 2007 7:00P
The Space Hamden, Connecticut
Oct 18 2007 7:00P
TBA Amherst, Massachusetts
Oct 19 2007 6:15P
Framingham Civic League Framingham, Massachusetts
Oct 20 2007 11:00A
Sherman Theatre (Waidestock Festival) Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Oct 21 2007 7:00P
Siren Records Doylestown, Pennsylvania
