Built to Spill launches tour (for real this time....)

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Built to Spill Launch U.S. Trek

When Built to Spill tours they do not mess around with piddly two-to-three month jaunts. Like Doug Martsch's beard, Built to Spill go large and go long.

After having to postpone their trek due to Martsch detaching a retina (presumably during an intense pick-up game of b-ball), Built to Spill are back on track for a mammoth four-month journey across the United States. The macro-tour kicks off this Saturday, June 3 in the band's hometown of Boise, ID at a benefit concert for the Buffalo Field Campaign, an organization working to prevent the slaughter of Yellowstone National Park's free-roaming bison. Hey, you know what? Doug Martsch's solos kind of sound like free-roaming bison.

After that, Martsch's quartet slowly moves down the Northwest and into Southern California, performing a few multi-night stints along the way. From there, it's across the Midwest, with a stop at Lollapalooza before moving to the East Coast. After a few more multi-night stands, it's on to the South before wrapping things up with handful of dates throughout Texas.

America in reverse:

06-03 Boise, ID - Big Easy Concert House
06-13 Seattle, WA - Showbox
06-14 Seattle, WA - Showbox
06-15 Seattle, WA - Showbox
06-16 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
06-17 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
06-19 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
06-21 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
06-22 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
06-23 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
06-24 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
06-25 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst
06-27 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
06-28 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
06-29 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
06-30 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
07-01 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
07-06 Tucson, AZ - The Rialto
07-07 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
07-08 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
07-09 Colorado Springs, CO - Black Sheep
07-10 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
07-11 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
07-12 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
07-13 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
08-05 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
09-12 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
09-13 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
09-14 Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
09-15 Chicago, IL - Metro
09-16 Chicago, IL - Metro
09-17 St. Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights
09-18 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
09-20 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
09-21 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
09-22 Little Rock, AR - Vino's
09-23 Memphis, TN - Young Ave. Deli
09-24 Nashville, TN - City Hall
09-26 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
09-27 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
09-28 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
09-29 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
09-30 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
10-01 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
10-02 Boston, MA - The Roxy
10-04 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
10-05 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
10-06 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
10-07 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10-08 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-10 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10-12 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10-13 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10-14 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
10-15 Birmingham, AL - Zydeco
10-17 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
10-18 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
10-19 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
10-20 Austin, TX - Stubb's
10-21 Lubbock, TX - Jake's Backroom

* Built to Spill: http://www.builttospill.com/