For all those Spoon fans anxiously holding your breathe in anticipation of their forthcoming album Transference, you can exhale a little bit. Transference’s release date has been pushed up from January 25 to January 19. The record will be released on Merge here in the states and Anti- for our UK brethren. The album will be comprised of 11-tracks including their single “Got Nuffin’” which was released as a part of an EP back in June.

Spoon, comprised of Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Eric Harvey and Rob Pope, will also be hitting the road next month in anticipation of the Transference release parking at 5 cities in the US. The Austin, TX band kick things off in Kansas City on December 3 and run through New Year’s Eve at Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A handful of initial European dates have been set for Europe at this point. A full listing of Spoon tour dates is highlighted below.

Spoon’s last releasein 2007 “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” climbed up to number 1 on the Billboard Independent Album charts.

2009-10 Spoon Concert Tour
December 2009
3 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
4 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
11 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
12 – La Jolla, CA – RIMAC Arena
31 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater

February 2010
14 – Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s
15 – Manchester, UK – Academy 3
16 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
18 – Amsterdam, DM – Paradiso
19 – Cologne, DE – Luxor
20 – Berlin, DE – Frannz Club

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