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The Gossip announce major North Am tour for new EP
26 April 2002

Olympia, Washington (by way of Searcy, Arkansas) blues/noise/lesbian/punk trio The Gossip—vocalist Beth Ditto, drummer Kathy Mendonca, and guitarist Nathan Howdeshell—release a very cool new CD-EP/vinyl 10" titled Arkansas Heat in a couple of weeks on the Kill Rock Stars label. It follows last year’s debut LP by the band and features six new minimalist, in your face rockers: Arkansas Heat, Rules For Luv, Ain’t It The Truth, Gone Tomorrow, Lily White Hands, and (Take Back) The Revolution. We’ll bring you a full review in early May.
    And right after the disc hits stores, The Gossip take to the road for six weeks of US & Canada shows starting 10 May in Seattle and running into the summer for a homecoming finale in Olympia.
    Tomorrow night they’ll play Olympia’s Capitol Theatre with Austin, Texas blues/metal band Those Peabodys and Olympia experimental/noise act Growing. The tour dates are

April
26 - Olympia, WA (Capitol Theatre)

May
10 - Seattle, WA (Sit and Spin)
11 - Vancouver BC (Piccadilly Pub/Music West)
12 - Victoria, BC (Thursdays Bar)
14 - Calgary, AB (Night Gallery)
15 - Edmonton, AB (Likwid Lounge)
17 - Winnipeg, MB (Pyramid Cabaret)
18 - Minneapolis, MN (7th Street Entry)
19 - Iowa City, IA (Gabe's Oasis)
20 - Madison, WI (The Catacombs)
22 - Chicago, IL (Fireside Bowl)
23 - Chicago, IL (Empty Bottle)
24 - Cleveland, OH (Grog Shop)
25 - Columbus, OH (Little Brothers)
26 - Detroit, MI (Magic Stick)
27 - London, ONT (Call the Office)
28 - Toronto, ONT (Rivoli)
29 - Ottawa, ONT (Babylon)
30 - Montreal, QUE (Cafe Campus)
31 - Cambridge, MA (Middle East Upstairs)

June
  1 - New York, NY (Knitting Factory)
  2 - Hoboken, NJ (Maxwell's)
  4 - Philadelphia, PA (First Unitarian Church)
  5 - Baltimore, MD (Ottobar)
  6 - Washington DC (Black Cat)
  7 - Carrboro, NC (Room 4)
  8 - Atlanta, GA (Echo Lounge)
  9 - Nashville, TN (The End)
11 - Little Rock, AR (Vino's)
13 - New Orleans, LA (El Matador)
14 - Houston, TX (Rudyard's)
15 - Austin, TX (Emo's)
16 - Dallas, TX (Gypsy Tea Room)
18 - Tucson, AZ (Solar Culture)
19 - San Diego, CA (Casbah)
21 - Los Angeles, CA (The Echo)
22 - San Francisco, CA (Bottom of the Hill)
28 - Portland, OR (Meow Meow)
29 - Olympia, WA (Capitol Theater

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