Newswire Sufjan Stevens announces fall tour

Sufjan Stevens won’t ever get around to writing those albums about every state in the union (or an entire album about man’s relation to the divine that’s structured around snippets from those states’ individual histories, as the case may be), but the singer-songwriter will pay tribute to 18 of the 50 United States by visiting them on his upcoming fall tour. Beginning in Canada before hitting, appropriately, Michigan and Illinois, the tour marks Stevens’ first major road trip since the announcement of his forthcoming, National-assisted follow-up to 2005’s Illinois. If you’ve been itching to hear what The National’s signature brooding sounds like when combined with Stevens’ orchestral swooning, the following dates—which include an Oct. 15 stop at the Chicago Theatre—most likely mark your first opportunity to do so.

Oct. 12: Metropolis Theater, Montreal QC

Oct. 13: Massey Hall, Toronto ON

Oct. 14: Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak MI

Oct. 15: Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL

Oct. 16: Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis MN

Oct. 17: Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO

Oct. 19: The Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin TX

Oct. 20: McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas TX

Oct. 22: Mesa Arts Center - Ikeda Theater, Mesa AZ

Oct. 23: The Wiltern, Los Angeles CA

Oct. 26: The Paramount Theater, Oakland CA

Oct. 28: Orpheum Theater, Vancouver BC

Oct. 29: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland OR

Oct. 30: The Paramount Theatre, Seattle WA

Nov. 1: Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City UT

Nov. 2: Paramount Theatre, Denver CO

Nov. 4: Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis IN

Nov. 5: Bijou Theater, Knoxville TN

Nov. 6: The Tabernacle, Atlanta GA

Nov. 7: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville NC

Nov. 10: Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA

Nov. 11: Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA

Nov. 14: Beacon Theatre, New York NY

Nov. 15: Beacon Theatre, New York NY