Meat Puppets Announce US Tour Dates

Legendary rock trio Meat Puppets announce spring and summer tour dates supporting the relese of their 13th LP, Lollipop - out April 12, 2011 on Megaforce Records - including a run of dates with Slightly Stoopid!

Lollipop is now available for pre-order.
Check out album art and download the first track off the upcoming LP, "Damn Thing." Produced by band leader Curt Kirwood, and recorded at Spoon's HiFi Studio in Austin Lollipop features the indelible Kirkwood brothers back at work and back at play on 12 powerful new original cuts.

Meat Puppets Tour Dates
Apr 27 - Busters - Lexington, KY *
Apr 28 - The Valarium - Knoxville, TN *
Apr 30 - Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK *
May 1 - Liberty Hall - Lawrence, KS *
May 3 - Simon Estes Amphitheater - Des Moines, IA *
May 5 - The Venus - Fargo, ND *
May 6 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN *
May 7 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO *
June 8 - The Blue Light - Lubbock, TX
June 9 - Santa Fe Brewing Co. - Santa Fe, NM
June 10 - Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
June 11 - The Clubhouse - Phoenix, AZ
June 14 - Casbah - San Diego, CA
June 15 - Detroit Bar - Costa Mesa, CA
June 16 - Echo - Los Angeles, CA
June 17 - Independent - San Francisco, CA
June 18 - Humboldt Brews - Arcata, CA
June 20 - Wild Buffalo - Bellingham, WA
June 21 - Crocodile - Seattle, WA
June 22 - Doug Fir - Portland, OR
June 23 - Neurolux - Boise, ID
June 25 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
June 26 - Abbey Theater - Durango, CA
June 29 - Bluebird - Denver, CO
June 30 - Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
July 1 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE
July 9 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
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w/ Slightly Stoopid *
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In May, Meat Puppets will be performing Up On The Sun
at this years' All Tomorrow's Parties festival curated by Animal Collective.
ATP have put together a festival mix featuring the title track to that classic LP.
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Rolling Stone heralds the bands' return -
"Against all odds, The Meat Puppets are rocking again."
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The Meat Puppets made a triumphant return to SXSW
playing a scorching live session with Rolling Stone and
joining the legendary Roky Erickson on stage at the Austin Music Awards.
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Curt looks back at the Meat Puppets' history, explains where they are today
and expounds on the creation of "a record that stands on its own, not on the band's reputation."
ABC Amplified featured the band's journey to hell and back here and here.
NPR hosted a live session and interview with the Meat Puppets.
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Lollipop Track Listing
1. Incomplete
2. Orange
3. Shave It
4. Baby Don't
5. Hour Of The Idiot
6. Lantern
7. Town
8. Damn Thing
9. Amazing
10. Way That It Are
11. Vile
12. The Spider And The Spaceship
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