Badly Drawn Boy will tour America this fall in between European runs, with U.S. shows beginning on October 17th in Washington, D.C., and ending November 8th in Los Angeles, California.

The British rocker -- a.k.a. Damon Gough -- will support his new album, Have You Fed The Fish?, due October 22nd. "I like to think it's a hybrid of the naivete of [his Mercury Award-winning 2000 debut] The Hour of Bewilderbeast and the slightly more sophisticated and perhaps cleaner kind of thing from the soundtrack About A Boy," Gough recently said. "It's much rawer than the soundtrack, it's more raw and honest and personal. More electric guitar, lots of piano -- it's as eclectic as anything I've ever done."

Badly Drawn Boy tour dates:

10/17: Washington, D.C., 9:30 Club
10/18: Philadelphia, Theater of Living Arts
10/19: New York, Roseland
10/22: Boston, Avalon
10/24: Toronto, Phoenix Concert Theater
10/25: Detroit, St. Andrews Hall
10/26: Chicago, Park West
10/27: Minneapolis, Quest Club
10/29: Denver, Ogden Theater
11/01: Vancouver, Vogue Theater
11/02: Seattle, Showbox
11/03: Portland, OR, Aladdin Theater
11/05: San Francisco, The Fillmore
11/07: San Diego, Canes
11/08: Los Angeles, Wiltern Theater

BENJAMIN FRIEDLAND
(August 23, 2002)