sparkle autumn defense horse!!

Wow, there are a lot of tour announcements post holidays, eh?

NME reports these Sparklehorse dates:

Austin Antone's (February 2)
Dallas Gypsy Tea Room (3)
Santa Fe Brewing Company (5)
Tempe Arizona Clubhouse Music Venue (6)
Solana Beach California Belly Up Tavern (7)
Los Angeles Henry Fonda Theatre (9)
San Francisco Fillmore Theatre (10)
Portland Wonder Ballroom (13)
Seattle Showbox (14)
Vancouver Richard's on Richards Cabaret (15)
Denver Gothic Theatre (17)
Minneapolis First Avenue (19)
Madison Wisconsin High Noon Saloon (20)
Chicago Metro (21)
Detroit Saint Andrews Hall (22)
Toronto Mod Club Theatre (23)
Montreal Club Soda (24)
Boston Paradise (26)
New York Webster Hall (27)
Baltimore Ram's Head Live (March 1)
Carrobo North Carolina Cat's Cradle (2)
Charleston South Carolina The Music Farm (3)
Atlanta Variety Playhouse (4)

I don't really care for how NME reports tour dates....

Plus, Wilco's John Stirrat's side project, the Autumn Defense, is also venturing out:

02-08 St. Louis, MO - Duck Room
02-09 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
02-11 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
02-12 Austin, TX - Parish
02-14 Tucson, AZ - Plush
02-15 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
02-16 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
02-17 San Francisco, CA - Swedish American Hall
02-19 Eugene, OR - Sam Bond's
02-20 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
02-21 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
02-23 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
02-24 Denver, CO - Soiled Dove
02-26 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
02-27 Champaign, IL - Canopy Club
02-28 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
03-01 Madison, WI - Cafe Monmartre
03-03 Chicago, IL - Park West
03-09 Nashville, TN - Slow Bar
03-10 Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's
03-11 Meridian, MS - Opera House
03-13 Atlanta, GA - Earl
03-14 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
03-15 Vienna, VA - Jammin' Java
03-16 Philadelphia, PA - Northstar
03-17 Baltimore, MD - Fletcher's
03-19 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
03-20 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
03-21 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
03-22 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
03-23 Montreal, Quebec - Main Hall
03-24 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe

More tours, you say? Well, Low, where's the Denver date, dammit?

02-15 London, England - The Spitz
02-16 Bruges, Belgium - Concertgebouw
04-06 New York, NY - Webster Hall
04-07 Somerville, MA - Somerville Theater
04-09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Sanctuary *
04-10 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
04-11 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
04-12 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
04-13 Chicago, IL - Metro
04-14 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04-27 Somerset, England - Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
04-28 Somerset, England - Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
04-29 Somerset, England - Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
06-13 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
06-14 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
06-15 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
06-16 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
06-19 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
06-20 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
06-22 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
06-23 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour