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Pixies tour Doolittle, still hotter than Shaq’s Icy Hot patch

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Let’s stroll down memory lane, shall we? The year is 1988. Hot babies Rihanna and Sasha Grey bunned out of their mothers’ ovens, El Niño was up to his sporadic poor weather shenanigans, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman was busy marrying 18-year-old Mandy Smith, his girlfriend for five years, and a band called the Pixies released their seminal album Doolittle. Ah, another time. A simpler time….

Whoa! “Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman was busy marrying 18-year-old Mandy Smith, his girlfriend of FIVE YEARS?” I’m no mathlete but the simple equation 18 - 5 = 13 looks a tad askew. There’s nothing simple about that! On to more sophisticated matters. Much like El Niño, the Pixies had already spent a few years devastating both coastline communities and land-locked towns with their brand of bizarre, clamoring pop, but Doolittle pushed the quartet into another sphere of popularity altogether. The Pixies have fully embraced the reunion concept over the last seven years or so, and over the past two, have toured the world playing their breakthrough record live.

The continuing Doolittle tour will now take the foursome to the US, but only for three dates. No sirees and madams, this particular tour is a gift to Canada, where “center” is spelled “centre,” and “theater” is spelled “theatre.” See? Look below! Hmm, two shows in Winnipeg? I smell a blackmail scheme afoot! Noo doot aboot it!

Gigantic, in concept at least:

04.09.11 - Halifax, NS - Halifax Metro Centre
04.10.11 - Moncton, NS - Centre Casino Moncton
04.12.11 - Quebec City, QC - Salle Albert Rousseau
04.13.11 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
04.14.11 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
04.16.11 - Ottawa, ON - Civic Centre
04.17.11 - Kitchener, ON - The Centre in the Square
04.18.11 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
04.19.11 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
04.20.11 - Hamilton, ON - Wentworth Room at Hamilton Convention Centre
04.22.11 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
04.23.11 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
04.24.11 - Saint Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium
04.26.11 - Winnipeg, MB - Centennial Concert Hall
04.27.11 - Winnipeg, MB - Centennial Concert Hall
04.29.11 - Saskatoon, SK - Tcu Place
04.30.11 - Calgary, AB - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
05.01.11 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre
05.03.11 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
05.04.11 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
05.05.11 - Victoria, BC - Save on Foods Memorial Centre

• Pixies: http://www.pixiesmusic.com