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Sufjan Stevens, who has been on an extended touring hiatus as of late, is returning to the road in October / November 2010.  A double scoop of dates, playing larger theatres.  Pre-sale tickets go on-sale Tuesday, August 10th at 1pm EST (10am PST).

• Tuesday, 12 October – Metropolis Theater, Montreal QC
• Wednesday, 13 October – Massey Hall, Toronto ON
• Thursday, 14 October – Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak MI
• Friday, 15 October – Chicago Theater, Chicago IL
• Saturday, 16 October – Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis MN
• Sunday, 17 October – Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO
• Tuesday, 19 October – The Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin TX
• Wednesday, 20 October – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas TX
• Friday, 22 October – Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater, Mesa AZ
• Saturday, 23 October – The Wiltern, Los Angeles CA
• Tuesday, 26 October – The Paramount Theater, Oakland CA
• Thursday, 28 October – Orpheum Theater, Vancouver BC
• Friday, 29 October – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland OR
• Saturday, 30 October – The Paramount Theatre, Seattle WA
• Monday, 1 November – Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City UT
• Tuesday, 2 November – Paramount Theatre, Denver CO
• Thursday, 4 November – Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis IN
• Friday, 5 November – Bijou Theater, Knoxville TN
• Saturday, 6 November – The Tabernacle, Atlanta GA
• Sunday, 7 November – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville NC
• Wednesday, 10 November – Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA
• Thursday, 11 November – Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA
• Sunday, 14 November – Beacon Theatre, New York NY
• Monday, 15 November – Beacon Theatre, New York NY

His last record, The BQE (an instrumental affair dedicated to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway), came out in October 2009… so perhaps this tour is a ramp -up for a new studio album?  We can only hope.

~Dan – np: Masada – Sanhedrin