David Lovering, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and Black Francis, collectively known as The Pixies, will be going on tour that will be spread out in 11 cities, from east to west, across the US, to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their most successful album “Doolittle” which was released in 1989.

The trek dubbed as the “Doolittle Tour” will be launched in Upper Darby, PA on September 7 and will run through the 26th where the tour finale will be held in La Jolla, CA. Pop-electro British act Fuck Buttons will be tagging along as opening act for all the shows. Each show for the tour will feature a light spectacle brought by four light spheres which will be hanging on the stage. Also, twelve out of the 21 tracks from the band’s set list will be accompanied with video features displayed on massive projectors for the entire crowd to see.

The band is currently prepping for a string of shows overseas beginning on June 6 in Italy then crossing four other countries – Israel on the 9th, Australia on July 30, New Zealand on August 3 and finally, Japan on the 7th.

They will be recording each show from both the US and the international tours, and CD copies will be sold shortly after the entire tour comes to a close. Since 1991, the band has never released any new studio albums except for these live compilations. Their last studio release to date was 1991’s “Trompe le Monde”.

“Doolittle” was the band’s first record to make waves in the Billboard charts when it hit the 98th spot of Billboard’s Hot 200 Albums chart and sat comfortably on the list for close to 30 weeks.

To date, the band has released four albums and an EP entitled “Come on Pilgrim” in 1987. All these records along with a concert DVD featuring their performance at the Brixton Academy in London and a book 54 pages long are being sold as a memorabilia boxed set entitled “Minotaur”. The band released “Minotaur” fall of last year.

2010 Pixies Concert Tour
June 2010
6 – Ferrara, Italy – Piazza Castello
9 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Expo Grounds

July 2010
30 – Woodford, Australia – Woodfordia

August 2010
3 – Christchurch, New Zealand – Westpac Arena
7 – Tokyo, Japan – Chiba Marine Stadium

September 2010
7 – Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
10 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
13 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
17 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
18 – Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater
19 – Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
20 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater
22 – Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
24 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre
25 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
26 – La Jolla, CA – RIMAC Arena

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