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We’ve known for a while that Arctic Monkeys are at work on a follow-up to Favourite Worst Nightmare, but we now have first real news on the new album—and, well, it’s kinda unexpected. The much-hyped Sheffield boys are headed across the Atlantic to California to record new tracks… with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme as producer.

Having wrapped up their "Duluth Tour" of America's smaller cities like Missoula, Mont. (home of the Testicle Festival) and Fargo, N.D. (home of fictional sociopaths), Queens of the Stone Age have already headed out to fulfull a medium-to-large city schedule. Delivering the live goods to promote their latest album, Era Vulgaris, the Queens will share a stage with Louisiana band Dax Riggs through September and Scottish group Biffy Clyro through October.

Apparently QotSA like to tour with folks whose names make them sound like regulars at a trucker bar. "Hoo boy, you shoulda' seen them wimmens Riggs 'n Cly-ro brought to the Flatbed last weeken'!"

And, here are the dates:

August
29 Edmonton, Alberta @ Shaw Conference Center
30 Calgary, Alberta @ Calgary Stampede Corral

September
1 Vancouver, British Columbia @ Orpheum Theater
14 Austin, Texas @ Austin City Limits Festival
15 Austin, Texas @ La Zona Rosa #
16 Dallas, Texas @ House of Blues #
17 Houston, Texas @ Verizon Wireless Theater #
19 Lake Buena Vista, Fla. @ House of Blues #
20 Tallahassee, Fla. @ The Moon #
21 Jacksonville, Fla. @ Plush #
22 Atlanta, Ga. @ Tabernacle #
24 Asheville, N.C. @ Orange Peel #
25 Norfolk, Va. @ The Norva #
26 Baltimore, Md. @ Ram's Head Live #
28 Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Carnegie Music Hall #
29 Philadelphia, Pa. @ Electric Factory #

October
9 Providence, R.I. @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
12 Boston, Mass. @ Orpheum *
13 New York, N.Y. @ Theatre at Madison Square Garden *
15 Toronto, Ontario @ Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts
17 Clifton Park, N.Y. @ Northern Lights *
20 Columbus, Ohio - The LC Pavilion *
22 Grand Rapids, Mich. - Orbit Room *
23 Detroit, Mich. - Fillmore *
24 Milwaukee, Wis. - The Rave *
25 Chicago, Ill. - Riviera Theater *
27 Las Vegas, Nev. - Vegoose Festival
29 Los Angeles, Calif. - Nokia Theater

# with Dax Riggs
* with Biffy Clyro

Related linkss:
QotSA.com
QotSA on MySpace
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