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Conor Oberst and his "Mystic Valley Band" have announced a slew of shows that run from a two-night stint in São Paulo, Brazil (July 16-17) to a pair of gigs in Sydney, Australia (October 4-5). North America will be invaded by the Bright Eyes frontman during various legs of the worldwide tour, beginning with a late July/early August run. Openers will rotate as well, including Jenny Lewis, Evangelicals and Dri(not to be confused with the punk band, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles).

Oberst's self-titled Merge debut is due out on August 4. As for who's actually in his new backing band, expect Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes, Nik Freitas, Macey Taylor (the sister of Azure Ray member Maria Taylor), Rilo Kiley drummer Jason Boesel, and Taylor Hollingsworth.

The so-not-Bright Eyes tour:

7/16 São Paulo, Brazil - Studio SP
7/17 São Paulo, Brazil - Studio SP
7/18 Santiago, Chile - Cine Arte Normandie
7/19 Buenos Aires, Argentina - La Trastienda
7/25 Billings, MT - Bones Brewing *
7/27 Calgary, Alberta - Prince's Island Park (Calgary Jazz Festival)
7/29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards ^
7/30 Seattle, WA - Neumos ^
7/31 Bend, OR - Midtown Ballroom ^
8/1 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill ^
8/2 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill ^
8/3 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre ^
8/5 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour ^
8/8 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge !
8/9 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle !
8/10 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa !
8/11 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero !
8/12 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom !
8/17 Saratoga, NY - Saratoga Music Festival
8/22 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
8/23 Birmingham, England - Academy 2
8/24 Reading, England - Reading Festival
8/26 Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms
8/27 London, England - Electric Ballroom
8/28 Manchester, England -Academy 2
8/29 Argyll, Scotland - Hydro Connect Music Festival
8/30 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Spring and Airbrake
8/31 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival
9/2 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
9/3 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
9/4 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
9/5 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
9/7 Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk
9/8 Zagreb, Croatia - Studenski
9/9 Vienna, Austria - Arena
9/10 Prague, Czech Republic - TBA
9/11 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
9/12 Cologne, Germany - Gloria
9/13 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
9/14 Salisbury, England - End of the Road Festival
9/20 Omaha, NE - Anchor Inn
9/21 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium %
9/23 Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge %
9/24 Oxford, MS - The Lyric %
9/25 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom %
9/27 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
10/2 Melbourne, Australia - The Palace
10/3 Brisbane, Australia - Tivoli
10/4 Sydney, Australia - Enmore
10/5 Sydney, Australia - Great Escape

* with A Weather
^ with Dri
! with Evangelicals
% with Jenny Lewis

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
6.18.08