Wilco Expand Tour With East Coast Jaunt

Posted on Jan 6th 2010 7:00AM by Matt Glazebrook

Wilco have extended their Spring US tour, having added a string of East Coast dates to what is rapidly becoming a packed 2010 itinerary.

The North American leg of their global odyssey in support of 2009's 'Wilco (The Album)' now runs from a Feb. 7 show in Missoula, Mont., to an Apr. 11 stop in Philadelphia. Following a handful of previously announced West Coast performances and a series of Canadian and Midwestern gigs -- with support coming from Califone and Bahamas -- the Chicagoan rockers will pitch up in Miami Beach, Florida, on Mar. 22 and begin a three week-long journey up the coast.

In all, Jeff Tweedy and crew will play 16 shows at mid-sized venues (full dates below) on the Eastern seaboard before heading overseas to tour Japan, Australia and New Zealand. If that wasn't enough, the band also have a couple of European festival slots penciled in for the summer.

The new dates are:

The Fillmore -- Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Fla. (Mar. 22)
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Fla. (Mar. 23)
Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah, Ga. (Mar. 25)
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Ga. (Mar. 26)
Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, N.C. (Mar. 27)
The National, Richmond, Va. (Mar. 29)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Md. (Mar. 30)
Scranton Cultural Center, Scranton, Pa. (Mar. 31)
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, N.J. (Apr. 2)
The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, N.J. (Apr. 3)
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, R.I. (Apr. 4)
Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Mass. (Apr. 6)
Capitol Center, Concord, N.H. (Apr 7)
Bushnell Memorial Hall: Mortenson Hall, Hartford, Conn. (Apr. 9)
Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pa. (Apr. 10)
Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Apr. 11)