POP ETC Join Dirty Projectors North American Tour

POP ETC, the recently renamed The Morning Benders, have revealed plans to join Dirty Projectors on their forthcoming North American Tour.

The band will release their self-titled LP, the first under their new moniker, via Rough Trade on June 11th 2012, before joining Dirty Projectors on the road in August. Earlier support for Dirty Projectors will come from Wye Oak and Purity Ring.

POP ETC and Dirty Projectors will play the following dates together:

AUGUST
06 Orlando, FL - The Beacham Theatre
07 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room 

09 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
11 Knoxville, TN - Bijou

13 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom 

14 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
15 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom

Dirty Projectors’ tour dates, stretching over July and August, will see Dave Longstreth and co. play dates throughout the US and Canada, following the release of ‘Swing Lo Magellan’, their sixth studio album, on July 9th in the UK and Europe and July 10th in North America via Domino.

‘Swing Lo Magellan’ will be made available on CD, vinyl and digital download.

Read details of the full tour here.