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Rasputina Return with New Album, Tour

The cello-rock trio Rasputina usually look to the past for inspiration, but for their latest album, Oh Perilous World!, they needed to look no further than current events. The group's sixth studio album, due out June 26 on their own Filthy Bonnet label, will feature front woman Melora Creager's undoubtedly peculiar takes on Osama Bin Laden, African child soldiers and the destruction of the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Oh, and a narrative about Mary Todd Lincoln, as well. You didn't think it would all be ripped from today's headlines, did you?

Rasputina will also be taking their corseted chamber rock on the road this summer, hitting 27 cities across the U.S. in July and August. Texas freak-folkie Jana Hunter will open the first nine shows, and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden will join the mad cellists as a solo opener starting July 19 in San Francisco.

These are the dates:

Sat-Jul-07 Detroit, MI — Magic Stick
Sun-Jul-08 Chicago, IL — The Abbey
Tue-Jul-10 Minneapolis, MN — Varsity Theater
Wed-Jul-11 Kansas City, MO — The Record Bar
Thu-Jul-12 Denver, CO — Bluebird Theatre
Fri-Jul-13 Colorado Springs, CO — The Black Sheep
Sat-Jul-14 Park City, UT — Suede
Mon-Jul-16 Portland, OR — Hawthorne Theater
Tue-Jul-17 Seattle, WA — Neumo's
Thu-Jul-19 San Francisco, CA — Great American Music Hall
Sat-Jul-21 Los Angeles, CA — El Rey Theatre
Sun-Jul-22 Solana Beach, CA — Belly Up Tavern
Mon-Jul-23 Tempe, AZ — The Clubhouse
Tue-Jul-24 Tucson, AZ — Club Congress
Fri-Jul-27 San Antonio, TX — White Rabbit
Sat-Jul-28 Austin, TX — The Parish
Sun-Jul-29 New Orleans, LA — House Of Blues
Tue-Jul-31 Birmingham, AL — Workplay Theatre
Wed-Aug-01 Atlanta, GA — Vinyl
Thu-Aug-02 Asheville, NC — The Grey Eagle
Fri-Aug-03 Knoxville, TN — Blue Cat's
Sat-Aug-04 Lexington, KY — The Dame
Sun-Aug-05 Newport, KY — Southgate House
Tue-Aug-07 Cleveland, OH — Grog Shop
Wed-Aug-08 Baltimore, MD — Ottobar

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
06.01.07