While Pearl Jam is busy in the studio recording their very hush hush new album as well as gearing up to open for the Rolling Stones at the Oakland Coliseum Nov. 14 & 15, Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam's guitarist, is busy working on his side project, Brad.|

Brad, which includes Shawn Smith and Regan Hagar of Satchel as well as solo artist Jeremy Toback, just hit the road for a month-long fall tour. This stint take the band across North America to some great, intimate venues with Pond opening Oct. 1-7 and Headswim opening for Brad on the rest of the tour. If for some reason you can't catch one of Brad's shows, you can tune in Oct. 13 when Epic Records shows the concert live from Tramp's in New York. Also, if you want to receive a signed copy of Brad's new album, Interiors, tune into Loosegroove Records to enter their contest. (Ari Bendersky)
(photo courtesy of Sony Records)

Where's Brad gonna be? Check out the dates:

• Oct. 1 -- Fox Theatre, Boulder, Colo.
• Oct. 2 - Ranch Bowl, Omaha
• Oct. 3 - The Galaxy, St. Louis
• Oct. 5 - Metro, Chicago
• Oct. 6 - Ludlows, Columbus, Ohio
• Oct. 7 - Bogarts, Cincinnati
• Oct. 8 - Lees Palace, Toronto
• Oct. 9 - Les Foufounes Electriques, Montreal
• Oct. 11 - Axis, Boston
• Oct. 12 - Toad's Place, New Haven, Conn.
• Oct. 13 - Tramps, New York
• Oct. 15 - The Mission, Raleigh, N.C.
• Oct. 16 - 328 Music Hall, Nashville
• Oct. 17 - Georgia Theatre, Athens, Ga.
• Oct. 18 - State Theatre, St. Petersburg, Fla.
• Oct. 20 - Sapphire Supper Club, Orlando
• Oct. 21 - Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans
• Oct. 22 - Liberty Lunch, Austin, Texas
• Oct. 24 - House Of Blues, Los Angeles
• Oct. 25 - Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana, Calif.
• Oct. 26 - Palookaville, Santa Cruz, Calif.
• Oct. 27 - Slims, San Francisco
• Oct. 29 - The Starfish Room, Vancouver
• Oct. 30 - Moore Theatre, Seattle