Girl Talk announces North American tour

The disposable nature of pop music is a double-edged sword for Gregg Gillis’ Girl Talk. On one end, it puts an instant expiration date on his hyperactive mash-ups. (Don’t believe us? Give 2008’s Feed The Animals a spin, and let us know how stale those Rich Boy and Flo Rida samples sound.) Then again, with so many artists coming and going (and coming back again) into the public’s favor, the dude’s concerts are allowed space to be an ever-evolving panoply of chart hits, underground favorites, dance-floor classics, and guilty pleasures. This lends an air of mystery to Gillis’ infamous “everybody get onstage and act a fool” roadshow, which will hit most of the continental United States (and hell, why not a couple of South American venues as well?) through March 2011, including a March. 11 date at the Ogden Theatre. What indie darling will he smash into “Like A G6”? Is it possible to make Ke$ha likable by laying her Auto-Tuned vocals over, say, the piano riff from an old Elton John single and the beat from Big Boi’s “Shutterbugg”? In the time since he last released a full-length, Gillis has missed out on Lady Gaga, “Empire State Of Mind,” and Glee—hopefully only the first two get admission to his big, transcontinental dance party. Full dates below; in the meantime, feel free to drop your own fantasy mash-ups in the comments.

Fri. 11/12/10 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
Fri. 11/19/10 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Hot Festival
Sat. 11/20/10 – Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Planeta Terra Festival
Fri. 12/3/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Sat. 12/4/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Wed. 01/05/11 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Thu. 01/06/11 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavillion
Fri. 01/07/11 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater
Sat. 01/08/11 – Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
Mon. 01/10/11 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Thu. 01/13/11 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Fri. 01/14/11 – Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
Sat. 01/15/11 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium
Mon. 01/17/11 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
Tue. 01/18/11 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Thu. 01/20/11 – Birmingham, AL @ Workplay
Fri. 01/21/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Sat. 01/22/11 – Charleston, SC @ Gaillard Municipal Auditorium
Mon. 01/24/11 – Knoxville, TN @ Valarium
Tue. 01/25/11 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
Thu. 01/27/11 – Raleigh, NC @ Disco Rodeo
Fri. 01/28/11 – Norfolk, VA @ NorVa
Sat. 01/29/11 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Mon. 01/31/11 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head
Tue. 02/01/11 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
Fri. 02/04/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Sat. 02/05/11 – Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre
Thu. 02/24/11 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Fri. 02/25/11 – Providence, RI @ Lupo’s
Sat. 02/26/11 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Mon. 02/28/11 – Portland, ME @ State Theater
Mon. 03/01/11 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Thu. 03/03/11 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall
Fri. 03/04/11 – Chicago, IL @ Congress
Mon. 03/07/11 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum
Tue. 03/08/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
Fri. 03/11/11 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Mon. 03/14/11 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
Tue. 03/15/11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox 
Thu. 03/17/11 – Portland, OR @ Roseland 
Fri. 03/18/11 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Sat. 03/19/11 – Pomona, CA @ Fox Theatre
Mon. 03/21/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium
Tue. 03/22/11 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA
Wed. 03/23/11 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee