Mando Diao Announces US Tour Dates & EP

I've long been been a Mando Diao fan, so I figured I'd pass on the following tour dates:

March 15: Austin, TX: SXSW: Antone’s (Spaceland Party)
March 15: Austin, TX: SXSW: Dirty Dog (Official SXSW Showcase)
(more SXSW dates to be announced soon)

April 29: Indio, CA: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
May 1: San Francisco, CA: Bottom of the Hill
May 3: Portland, OR: Dante’s
May 4: Seattle, WA: Crocodile Café
May 5: Vancouver, BC: The Plaza Club
May 8: Minneapolis, MN: The 400 Bar
May 9: Chicago, IL: Double Door
May 11: Ann Arbor, MI: Blind Pig
May 12: Toronto, ONT: The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
May 13: Montreal, QUE: Petit Campus
May 14: New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom
May 16: Hoboken, NJ: Maxwell's
May 17: Washington, DC: Black Cat
May 18: Philadelphia, PA: Johnny Brenda's
May 19: Cambridge, MA: T.T. the Bear's

Also, in the US, the Swedish Pop/Rocksters are releasing an EP 3/6/07 "Long Before Rock ‘n’ Roll", before their new album "Ode To Ochrasy" hits the shelves 4/24/07. Here's the tracklisting of the EP:

WM / Real: 1. Long Before Rock’n’Roll
2. Popovic
3. Cinderella
4. Chet Baker
5. Long Before Rock’n’Roll (live)
YouTube: 6. VIDEO: Long Before Rock’n’Roll

I've actually had the new album for a while now, as I picked it up in Europe last year. The CD is ok, nothing too mind-blowingly new... I definitely still love "Hurricane Bar" material best:

Mando Diao - You Can't Steal My Love


Then again, they're great live, so do check them out at a venue near you soon. I'll see ya' at 400 Bar May 8th.

Mando Diao Website / MySpace
Mando Diao YouTube
Mando Diao perform in Studio on the Current 5/2/05 (very funny and awkward - Mary Lucia doesn't do so well with the Scandanavians)