Remember that really terrible breakup you had in junior year of college with that quiet longhaired girl? Remember how unexpected and soul-scarring it was, how much you hated each other for years after, how much time you both wasted dragging one another’s names in the garbage? Hmm, yeah okay, but what about the time you ran into her about a decade and a half later at the farmers market? Remember how she didn’t seem so disconnected and cruelly self-centered, and for once you weren’t being all reactive and passive-aggressively bitchy? What about how you married her a couple months later and had one kid who grew up to be an astronaut and another one who runs that charming B&B just outside of town (TMT Review)? Do you remember all that? Do you?
Of course you don’t, because shit like this doesn’t happen to anybody else except Lou Barlow. Seriously, how do you go from writing this fucking song about how much J Mascis is an over-entitled prick to making this goddamn X-Games’ ode to friendship and good times with bros video? Man, who knows. This band’s been reunited for years now, and it still feels weird to me. Anyway, they’re touring at summer’s end, so get on out there if’n you really want to witness an object that should not exist in nature given the presently accepted laws of science.
07.25.09 - Niigata, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
08.08.09 - Seattle, WA - KEXP BBQ @ Mural Amphitheater, Seattle Center
08.14.09 - Willfleet, MAn. - Wellfleet Beachcomber
08.16.09 - New York, NY - Central Park Summer Stage
08.19.09 - Oxford, UK - Oxford Academy
08.20.09 - Cambridge, UK - Cambridge Junction
08.21.09 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
08.22.09 - Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival 2009
08.24.09 - Zurich, Switzerland - Abart Music Club
08.25.09 - Luxembourg City, - Den Atelier
08.26.09 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Watt
08.27.09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
08.28.09 - Malmo, Sweden - Kb Club
08.29.09 - Trondheim, Norway - Samfundet
08.30.09 - Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller Music Hall
09.05.09 - Bristol, UK - Anson Rooms-Briston University
09.06.09 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
09.08.09 - Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti
09.10.09 - Bologna, Italy - Estragon Club
09.11.09 - Milan, Italy - MusicDrome
09.12.09 - Treviso, Italy - New Age Club
09.14.09 - Vienna, Austria - Arena Vienna
09.15.09 - Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse
09.16.09 - Schorndof, Germany - Manufaktur
09.17.09 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk
09.18.09 - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
09.20.09 - Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
09.21.09 - Berlin, Germany - Astra
09.23.09 - Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
09.24.09 - Hamburg, Germany - Reeperbahn Festival
09.30.09 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
10.01.09 - Montreal, QC - Pop Montreal Festival #
10.02.09 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East #
10.03.09 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East #
10.04.09 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights #
10.07.09 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place #
10.08.09 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
10.09.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts #
10.10.09 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall #
10.11.09 - Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot #
10.13.09 - Madison, WI - The Majestic Theatre #
10.14.09 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant #
10.15.09 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre #
10.16.09 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall #
10.17.09 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse #
10.26.09 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club #
10.27.09 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown #
10.29.09 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater #
10.30.09 - Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre #
10.31.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
11.03.09 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre #
11.04.09 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern #
11.05.09 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues #
11.06.09 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore #
11.07.09 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom #
11.10.09 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
11.11.09 - Victoria, BC - Sugar Nightclub
11.13.09 - Edmonton, AB - The Starlite Room
11.14.09 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall Ballroom
11.16.09 - Saskatoon, SK - Odeon Events Centre
11.17.09 - Winnipeg, Man. - Pyramid Cabaret
11.18.09 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11.19.09 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
11.20.09 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
# Lou Barlow + The Missingmen
