Andrew Bird: Whistlin’ Hippie. Tour, Plus New Video

Love Andrew Bird. Great songwriter, lyricist and arranger, and the only name whistler in modern rock. He’s going on tour and utilizing (some) biodiesel to get him and his crew around. Using Biodiesel is great and all, but what’s this about “select dates?”

C’mon hippie, get with t.

Continuing his eco-friendly efforts, Chicago native Andrew Bird will hit the road aboard a bio-diesel tour bus for select dates in the US
and Canada this fall, including appearances at the Austin City Limits Festival and Bumbershoot.

Earlier in May, a concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC was webcast by NPR and is available for download here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10213407

On August 16th, the music video for “Imitosis” will debut on Andrew’s Myspace page for one week. Filmed in Seattle by noted short film director Britta Johnson, this video features Andrew and his band, Martin Dosh and Jeremy Ylvisaker, performing in a part science-film, part dream-world drawing from the palettes and photographic style of science books from the late 1960s.

Be sure to watch tomorrow!

http://www.myspace.com/andrewbird

tour dates after the jump.

Andrew Bird on tour:
Sep 1 – Vancouver, BC – Richard’s On Richards
Sep 2 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot 2007 (Mural Stage)
Sep 8 – Chicago, IL – 11th Annual Hideout Block Party
Sep 10 – Knoxville, TN – The Bijou Theater
Sep 11 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Sep 12 – Durham, NC – The Carolina Theatre
Sep 13 – Atlanta, GA – The Variety Playhouse
Sep 15 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
Sep 17 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada (solo show)
Sep 18 – Louisville, KY – WL Lyons Brown Theatre (solo show)
Sep 19 – Bloomington, IN – Buskirk Chumley Theater (solo show)
Sep 20 – Madison, WI – Wisconsin Union Theater
Sep 21 – Urbana, IL – 2007 Pygmalion Music Festival at Tryon Festival
Theatre, Krannert Center (solo show)
Sep 22 – Iowa City, IA – The Englert Theatre (solo show)
Sep 24 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall at The Church (solo show)
Sep 25 – Toronto, ONT – The Opera House
Sep 26 – Montreal, QUE – La Tulipe
Sep 28 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
Sep 29 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar
Sep 30 – Richmond, VA – Toad’s Place Richmond
Oct 1 – State College, PA – State Theatre
Oct 2 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall

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