Just a week before heading out on what the band is calling a "warm-up tour," the Pixies have set up dates for a fall U.S. tour that will bring them to bigger markets. In February, the group announced that it was reuniting and set a fifteen-date trek that, after launching April 13th in Minneapolis, will head to the Pacific Northwest and Canada, before closing at the Coachella Festival in Indio, California, on May 1st.

The new round of dates start September 4th in Bend, Oregon, and, though a full itinerary hasn't yet been set, stops are planned in Seattle, Austin, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

In between the North American dates will be a seven-week jaunt through Europe, a stop at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan in early August and a pair of shows at the V2004 Festival in the U.K. on August 21st and 22nd.

Next Tuesday's Minneapolis show will mark the first time the Pixies -- singer/guitarist Frank Black, guitarist Joey Santiago, bassist Kim Deal and drummer David Lovering -- have shared a stage since 1992. Although the Pixies enjoyed little commercial success during their six-year run, their influence -- most notably on Nirvana -- was sizeable. Tickets for all shows on the first round of reunion dates are sold out.

A new Pixies compilation, Wave of Mutilation, and a self-titled DVD are planned for later this year. Mutilation includes twenty-three tracks including singles, B sides and a cover of Neil Young's "Winterlong." The two-and-a-half hour Pixies features a complete set from London in 1988, promotional videos, behind-the-scenes footage and "Gouge," a mini-documentary with commentary from David Bowie, Bono, Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and PJ Harvey.

Pixies tour dates:

4/13: Minneapolis, Fine Line Music Caf?
4/14: Winnipeg, MB, Burton Cummngs Theater
4/15: Regina, SK, Doris Knight Ballroom
4/17: Saskatoon, SK, Prairieland
4/18: Edmonton, AB, Red's
4/19: Calgary, AB, MacEwan Hall
4/21: Victoria, BC, Victoria Curling Club
4/22-23: Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
4/24: Spokane, WA, Big Easy
4/25: Boise, ID, Big Easy
4/27-28: Eugene, OR, MacDonald Theater
4/29: Davis, CA, Freeborn Hall
5/1: Indio, CA, Coachella Festival
9/4: Bend, OR, Les Schwab Amphitheater
9/6: Seattle, Bumbershoot
9/18: Austin, Austin City Limits
10/14: Atlanta, Fox Theater
11/11: Minneapolis, Wilkins Auditorium
11/13: Chicago, Aragon Ballroom
11/24: Toronto, Arrow Hall

Track list for Wave of Mutilation:

Bone Machine
Nimrod's Son
The Holiday Song
Caribou
Broken Face
Gigantic (Single version)
Vamos (Surfer Rosa version)
Hey
Monkey Gone to Heaven
Debaser (Doolittle version)
Gouge Away
Wave of Mutilation
Here Comes Your Man
Tame
Where Is My Mind?
Into the White
Velouria
Allison
Dig for Fire
U-Mass
Alec Eiffel
Planet of Sound
Winterlong

ANDREW DANSBY
(April 6, 2004)