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Always being slow to pick up on the music blogger obsessions (+/- Pitchfork observations) — I was very late to Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Tapes n’ Tapes, etc. — The Hold Steady continue to catch my attention when catching up with my fellow bloggers on my feed reader…

I know they played Lollapalooza, a set I missed, and I know they’re heading out a pretty massive national tour to support their album, Boys and Girls in America. That’s about it…

October 2006
13 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
16 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
17 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
19 – Portland, OR – Lola’s
20 – Vancouver, British Columbia – The Plaza Club
21 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
24, 25 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
26 – Chicago, IL – Metro
27 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
28 – Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
29 – Ottawa, Ontario – Zaphod Beeblebrox
30 – Boston, MA – Middle East

November 2006
21 – Philadelphia, PA – North Star Bar
22 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
24 – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s
25 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
26 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
27 – Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
29 – Orlando, FL – The Social
30 – Tampa, FL – Orpheum

December 2006
1 – Tallahassee, FL – Beta Bar
2 – New Orleans, LA – The Parish at House of Blues
4 – Little Rock, AR – Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack
5 – Columbia, SC – Mojo’s
6 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
7 – Iowa City, IA – The Picador
8 – Newport, KY – Southgate House
9 – Louisville, KY – Headliner’s
13 – Buffalo, NY – Showplace
15 – Northampton, MA – Pearl Street

The Hold Steady expands road trip [liveDaily]