MUSIC NEWS - Andrew Bird has confirmed the last segment, this fall, of his "Noble Beast" tour to follow this summer's trek through the USA and abroad. St. Vincent will support on all of Bird's fall headline dates. The summer dates kick off with a July 10 headline date at Los Angeles' Greek Theater with support from Ra Ra Riot and Heartless Bastards. He then follows by several dates with the steallar acts like Death Cab For Cutie and the Decemberists. Andrew continues to tour supporting his excellent, recent album, Noble Beast, was released January 20 via Fat Possum Records.

ACL TV show to air this fall as well), multiple night stands in Carrboro and Milwaukee, and wraps up with an October 28 return to Washington DC. Fan pre-sales are availabe at After his appearance at Lollapalooza, Bird spends the remainder of August on a run of European and UK festival dates returning to the USA for the fall tour, which starts up September 19 at the Forward Music Festival in Madison WI, includes a show at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium, a stop at the Austin City Limits festival (Bird taped a performance for an episode of theTV show to air this fall as well), multiple night stands in Carrboro and Milwaukee, and wraps up with an October 28 return to Washington DC. Fan pre-sales are availabe at AndrewBird.com for all dates, with standard on sales begining July 10 (Buffalo and Madison are available July 11).