‘Classic’ Guided by Voices lineup to tour this fall!

So, what seemed like an impossible one-off has now turned into a full U.S. tour as Guided by Voices’ “classic lineup” prepares for a 17-date coast-to-coast tour.

This all began when it was announced that the lineup — Robert Pollard, Mitch Mitchell, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos and Kevin Fennell — would play the Matador Records 21st anniversary festival in Las Vegas the first weekend of October. Fans hoped that there would be more dates to follow. Pollard confirmed as much to the Dayton Daily News last week

Now, we have dates. Dubbed “The Hallway of Shatter-Proof Glass” tour (that’s a line from “Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory” from Bee Thousand, of course), it will find the band will perform songs from 1992-1996, focusing on the albums Propeller,  Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes and Under the Bushes, Under the Stars (not that I’m complaining, but no Vampire on Titus?)

On to the dates:

9/30 – East Side Drive, Austin, TX
with Times New Viking

10/3 – Pearl Theatre @ Palms Hotel, Las Vegas NV
Matador at Twenty-One Las Vegas

10/4 – Wiltern, Los Angeles CA
with Times New Viking

10/5 – Warfield, San Francisco CA
with Times New Viking

10/7 – Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR
with Times New Viking

10/9 – Showbox So Do, Seattle WA
with Times New Viking

10/12 – First Avenue, Minneapolis MN
with Times New Viking

10/13 – The Vic, Chicago IL
with Times New Viking

10/15 – Southgate House, Newport KY (Cincinnati)

10/16 – Outlands Live, Columbus OH

10/21 – 9:30 Club, Washington D.C.

10/22 – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC

10/23 – Buckhead Theater, Atlanta GA

11/4 – Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
On NBC at 12:35/11:45C

11/5 – Paradise, Boston MA
with Blitzen Trapper

11/6 – Trocadero, Philadelphia PA
with Blitzen Trapper

11/7 – Terminal 5, NYC
with Blitzen Trapper