Cardinals Announce New Dates

Halloween heads rejoice. After a bit of a slow summer for Ryan Adams adoring (save for the periodic bursts of the wunderkind’s power-blogging), Cardinals fans have received a flurry of news this week about new upcoming tour dates, a[nother] new album, and-gasp!-the forthcoming publication of a “collection of prose” from Adams himself.

Halloween heads rejoice. After a bit of a slow summer for Ryan Adams adoring (save for the periodic bursts of the wunderkind’s power-blogging), Cardinals fans have received a flurry of news this week about new upcoming tour dates, a[nother] new album, and-gasp!-the forthcoming publication of a “collection of prose” from Adams himself.

The new “Cardinals” dates-Adams, in a spot of love for his group, has finally dropped his name from the bill-will see the band trekking across a broad swath of the East Coast and Mid-West after they finish up their supporting dates for Oasis in the Pacific Northwest and Canada next week. After they wrap up in Atlanta on October 17, the band will hop across the pond for a U.K. tour in November (see full dates below). Cardinals ask that all “Summer of ‘69” fans take notice and remove themselves to at least 10 miles away from any venue at the time of performance.

Early reports from the West Coast tour indicate that the band has been rolling out songs from a new album, rumored to be titled Cardinals III/IV and scheduled for a “tentative fall release.” Adams sampled rough cuts of some of the tracks, with titles like “Cobwebs” and “Ever-Green,” on his blog earlier this summer. They have since been taken down.

Finally, Adams announced on his blog today that his “bosses” at Akashic Books have agreed to publish his first book, Infinity Blues, sometime in the near or not-so-near future. Details on the text and its release remain sketchy, but Adams himself reported that he is “so humbled and so proud to be an Akashic Books author” before signing off to “to maybe go take a nap now. bye. xx”

So, as usual, the Lil’ Wayne of Heartbreak overwhelms fans with his output. At least he’s keeping it under three albums this year. So far…

Cardinals Fall Tour Dates

Aug 26, 2008 – WaMu Theater – Seattle, WA*
Aug 27, 2008 – General Motors Place – Vancouver*
Aug 29, 2008 – Rexall Place – Edmonton, AB*
Aug 30, 2008 – Pengrowth Saddledome – Calgary, AB*
Sept 1, 2008 – MTS Center – Winnipeg, MB*
Sept 4, 2008 – Scotiabank Palace – Ottawa, ON*
Sept 5, 2008 – Bell Centre – Montreal, QC*
Sept 7, 2008 – Bank of America Pavilion – Boston, MA
Sept 9, 2008 – John LaBatt Center – London, Ontario*
September 25 – Schenectady, NY – Proctor’s Theater
September 26 – Syracuse, NY – Landmark Theater
September 27 – Rochester, NY – Auditorium Theater
September 29 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theater
September 30 – Cleveland, OH – Palace Theater
October 2 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre
October 3 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theater
October 4 – St. Louis, MO – Fox Theater
October 5 – Madison, WI – Overture Hall
October 7 – Ames, IA – Stephens Auditorium
October 9 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
October 10 – Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater
October 11 – Grand Prairie – Nokia Theater
October 13 – Austin, TX – Paramount
October 14 – Houston, TX – Verizon
October 16 – Tuscaloosa, AL – Bama Theater
October 17 – Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
November 8 – Dublin, Ireland – Ambassador Theatre
November 10 – Manchester Academy
November 11 – Newcastle Academy
November 13 – Leeds Academy
November 14 – Edinburgh, Scotland – Picture House
November 16 – Cambridge – Corn Exchange
November 17 – Birmingham Academy
November 19 – Brighton Dome
November 20 – Brixton Academy
November 22 – Southampton Guildhall

*with Oasis