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Alanis Morissette and fellow Canadians the Barenaked Ladies will co-headline the Au Naturale Tour this summer, twenty-two-city jaunt to begin July 13th in Cleveland.
"I've loved these crazy gentlemen for years, and it will be a true honor traveling around America making some joyful noise with them," Morissette said. "I look forward to being with a group of people who will not snicker to themselves when I say the word 'about' or 'eh.' Making art and cracking up on tour with the Barenaked Ladies sounds like a fantasy summer to me."
Morissette will be plugging her new album, So-Called Chaos, set for a May 18th release, while the Barenaked Ladies are continuing to promote last year's Everything to Everyone. Chaos finds Morissette employing a variety of new sounds, with loops and a sitar working their way into her pop/rock mix. "I don't consider myself to be a piano artist, a loop artist, or a hip-hop artist," she told Rolling Stone. "I don't know what I am . . . and that shows."
Chaos' first single, "Everything," is already making the rounds at radio, with a forthcoming video.
As for other Barenaked Ladies news, in June the group will make an appearance in Casino, the latest television show from Survivor and The Apprentice producer Mark Burnett.
Au Naturale tour dates:
7/13: Cleveland, Blossom Music Center
7/14: Columbus, OH, Germain Amphitheater
7/16: Wantaugh, NY, Jones Beach Amphitheater
7/17: Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
7/18: Pittsburgh, Post Gazette Pavilion
7/20: Indianapolis, Verizon Wireless Music Center
7/21: Chicago, Tweeter Center
7/22: Milwaukee, Marcus Amphitheater
7/25: Auburn, WA, White River
7/26: Portland, OR, Amphitheater at Clark County
7/28: San Francisco, Shoreline Amphitheater
7/29-30: Los Angeles, Greek Theater
8/01: Albuquerque, Journal Pavilion
8/02: Denver, Red Rocks Amphitheater
8/04: St. Louis, UMB Bank Pavilion
8/05: Atlanta, Hi Fi Buys Amphitheater
8/06: Raleigh, NC, Alltel Pavilion
8/08: Philadelphia, Mann Center
8/09: Mansfield, MA, Tweeter Center
8/10: Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/12-13: Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Music Theater
8/14: Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
ANDREW DANSBY
(April 22, 2004)