August 18, 2008

By By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

The Drive-By Truckers will begin a 23-date co-headlining tour with the Hold Steady on Oct. 30 in Louisville, Ky. The bands will alternate who closes the shows throughout the tour, which is being billed as the "Rock and Roll Means Well" tour. A pre-sale begins Tuesday, Aug. 19, and the public on-sale starts Friday, Aug. 22.

The tour dates are:

Oct. 30 Louisville, Ky. (Coyotes @ City Block)
Oct. 31 Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)
Nov. 1 Atlanta (Tabernacle)
Nov. 2 Tallahassee, Fla. (The Moon @ FSU)
Nov. 3 Raleigh, N.C. (Lincoln Theater)
Nov. 5 State College, Pa. (The State Theatre)
Nov. 6 New York (Terminal 5)
Nov. 7 New York (Terminal 5)
Nov. 8 Philadelphia (Electric Factory)
Nov. 9 Boston (Orpheum Theater)
Nov. 11 Toronto (Phoenix Theater)
Nov. 12 Pittsburgh (Carnegie Music Hall)
Nov. 13 Bloomington, Ind. (Bluebird)
Nov. 14 Chicago (Riviera Theater)
Nov. 15 Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Nov. 16 Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Nov. 19 Boise, Ihado (Big Easy)
Nov. 20 Seattle (Showbox)
Nov. 21 Seattle (Showbox)
Nov. 22 Portland (Crystal Ballroom)
Nov. 23 San Francisco (The Fillmore)
Nov. 24 San Francisco (The Fillmore)
Nov. 15 Los Angeles (Wiltern)

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