The Academy Is... New Tour Dates Announced

THE ACADEMY IS... ANNOUNCES DATES FOR

"SLEEPING WITH GIANTS" FALL HEADLINE TOUR;

Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen recording group The Academy Is... has unveiled details of their eagerly anticipated fall tour. The coast-to-coast headline trek - dubbed the "Sleeping With Giants" Tour - will take off September 5^th in Milwaukee, with dates running non-stop through a Chicago hometown finale on November 24th (full itinerary below). The pre-sale will begin thru the bands fan club via Myspace (www.myspace.com/theacademyis) on July 10th with the general on sale date following on July 13th. Joining The Academy Is... on the trip will be special guests The Rocket Summer, Sherwood, and the band's longtime friends, Armor For Sleep.

SEPTEMBER
5 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
6 West Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
7 St. Paul, MN Myth
8 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
11 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
12 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
13 Boise, ID Big Easy Concert House
14 Vancouver Croatian Cultural Centre
15 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
16 Seattle, WA Showbox Showroom & Lounge
18 Sacramento, CA Empire Event Center
19 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
20 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern LG
22 Del Mar, CA Del Mar Racetrack
23 Las Vegas, NV Jillians of Las Vegas
25 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
26 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre - Tucson
27 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
28 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
29 Dallas, TX House of Blues- Dallas
30 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa

OCTOBER
2 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
3 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
4 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues - New Orleans
5 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
6 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
16 Orlando, FL House Of Blues - Orlando
17 Ft Lauderdale, FL Revolution
18 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
19 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
20 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
21 Norfolk, VA Norva Theater
23 Baltimore, MD Sonar
24 Washington, DC 930 Club
25 New York, NY Nokia Theatre Times Square
26 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
28 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
30 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
31 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
NOVEMBER
1 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Ballroom
2 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
3 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
4 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
6 Farmingdale, NY Crazy Donkey
7 Worcester, MA The Palladium
8 Montreal Le National
9 Toronto, ON The Guvernment
10 Buffalo, NY Palladium Ballroom Center
11 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo
13 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
14 Big Rapids, MI Ferris St. University - Wink Arena
15 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
16 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
17 Cleveland, OH House of Blues - Cleveland
18 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo's
20 Nashville, TN Rocketown
21 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room at Murat Center
23 Sauget, IL Pop's
24 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre

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