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Doves & Pop Noir in LA.

Thanks to whrrlmusic over at twitter for pointing out this collection of pictures taken by the Pop Noir guys, of their time back stage with doves at the LA Wiltern.

Check out the OC Weekly picture slideshow taken at the Anaheim show last Friday.

Doves play their final California show tonight in San Francisco. Then its on the Pacific Northwest. On Thursday the band hit Vancouver to play the awesome Commodore Ballroom. Here’s a wee snippet from the British Ccolumbia newspaper the Globe and Mail:

Doves’ latest album, Kingdom of Rust, has been called a Lancastrian Joshua Tree, so strong is the group’s connection to their northern British roots – they even recorded it on a farm near their home town. This is not a new fad: On 2002’s The Last Broadcast, they named a track after a motorway, the M62, recording the song under one of the road’s flyovers. This is their first tour since 2005 and early reports from U.K. gigs suggest this should be a stormer of a show. Thursday, Commodore Ballroom, doors at 8 p.m.

North American Tour

Doves first North American tour since the fall of 2005, kicks off on Thursday at the downtown San Diego House of Blues. Tickets are still available for this show and for all other US & Canadian dates. So if you have not got your tickets yet, then all the links you need are listed below.

Pop Noir will provide the support for the San Diego & Anaheim shows. Then Wild Light will be supporting for the rest of the dates.

Doves will be appearing at the following cities:

5/14, San Diego, CA (House of Blues) Get Tickets
5/15, Anaheim, CA (House of Blues) Get Tickets
5/16, Los Angeles, CA (The Wiltern) Get Tickets
5/18, San Francisco, CA (The Fillmore) Get Tickets
5/19, Eugene, OR, (McDonald Theatre) Get Tickets CANCELED
5/20, Seattle, WA (The Crocodile) Get Tickets
5/21, Vancouver, BC, (Commodore Ballroom) Get Tickets
5/22, Portland, OR, (Wonder Ballroom) Get Tickets
5/23, George, WA, (Sasquatch! Festival) Get Tickets
5/26, Denver, CO, (Gothic Theatre) Get Tickets
5/28, Minneapolis, MN, (Varsity Theatre) Get Tickets
5/29, Chicago, IL, (Vic Theatre) Get Tickets
5/30, Detroit, MI, (Majestic Theatre) Get Tickets
6/1, Toronto, ON (Kool Haus) Get Tickets
6/2, Montreal, QC (Le National) Get Tickets
6/4, New York, NY (Terminal 5) Get Tickets
6/5, Philadelphia, PA (The Trocadero) Get Tickets
6/6, Washington, DC (9.30 Club) Get Tickets
6/7, Boston, MA (House of Blues) Get Tickets

We will be reporting from Minneapolis, Chicago & Detroit. Look out for live updates from the shows at our twitter account. Full reports & pictures (hopefully) will follow shortly after.

Most important thing.. for those of you who are attending shows, have the most amazing time! Really, who knows when they will be back. If you want to submit a review/photos from your show, drop us a line. We will gladly post it all. Here’s to a great tour!

North America Tour Support

Just in: Supporting doves on the North American tour will be Wild Light. A four piece indie pop group from New Hampshire. They have recently supported The Killers on tour.

You can visit their myspace page, here.

For more info on the group. Visit this blog for a detailed biography.