Source: morecowbell.net

Sorry guys, Brice from The National got back to me and stated that they are only playing these shows with Cloud Room, the email i got from their PR firm was wrong :

03/21 Montreal, QC @ Main Hall
03/22 Toronto, ON @ Horeshoe Tavern
03/23 Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
03/24 Chicago, IL @ Double Door

Other National Dates:

15 Mar: BLACK CAT, Washington DC // w/ Baby Dayliner
29 Mar: TROUBADOUR, Los Angeles, CA // w/ TalkDemonic + Baby Dayliner
30 Mar: THE INDEPENDENT, San Francisco CA // w/ Mark Eitzel + TalkDemonic

Other Cloud Room Dates:

March 4, Saturday at Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ with FILM SCHOOL
March 6, Monday at TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA with FILM SCHOOL
March 7, Tuesday at The Fire, Philadelphia, PA with FILM SCHOOL
March 8, Wednesday at Black Cat, DC with FILM SCHOOL and THE ROGERS SISTERS
March 9, Thursday at Century Lounge, Providence with FILM SCHOOL
March 10, Friday at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA with FILM SCHOOL
March 11, Saturday, at Mercury Lounge, NY with FILM SCHOOL ***SOLD OUT***
March 14, Tuesday at Hi Tone, Memphis, TV with FILM SCHOOL
March 16, Thursday at Nylon Party for SxSW
March 16, Thursday at Buffalo Billiards for SxSW * Big Shot Touring Showcase *
March 21, Tuesday - Main Hall Montreal, Canada with THE NATIONAL
03/25 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
03/27 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge (after party @ Larimer Lounge w/ Lipgloss DJs)
03/28 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
March 30, Thursday at Dante’s Portland, OR
March 31, Friday at Slim’s San Francisco, CA **NOISE POP FESTIVAL** with FILM SCHOOL
April 1, Monday at The Troubadour Los Angeles, CA with FILM SCHOOL
April 2, Tuesday at Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
April 4, Thursday at Emo’s Austin, TX with ASOBI SEKSU

Source: morecowbell.net

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Intonation Music Festival (IMF) announces 2006 Curator and Festival Dates-
June 24th and 25th at Chicago’s Union Park.

Bloc Party and The Streets Confirmed Headliners.

Event to be curated by VICE Records.

Chicago IL - March 9, 2006 - This year’s annual Intonation Music Festival will take place June 24th and 25th, 2006 at Chicago’s beautiful Union Park. Once again featuring 20+ bands on alternating stages, this year’s IMF will kick off Chicago’s festival season in June, ensuring the only intense heat comes from the music.

This year’s IMF will be curated by VICE Records, part of the New York-based media empire known for cutting-edge music and publishing. The two-day concert will be headlined by VICE Records artists Bloc Party, making their triumphant return to Chicago after selling over 250,000 copies in the US of their debut Silent Alarm, and The Streets, making their only Chicago appearance in support of their new album, The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living. Additional performances by many more of the best up-and-coming artists from around the world, hand-picked by VICE Records, will be announced in the weeks to come.

In addition, the festival will be sponsored in part by influential radio station KEXP. Widely considered the gold standard for independent music on the Internet, KEXP will help preview this year’s festival and spread the word about our latest developments.

Tickets will be $20 for a one-day pass and $35 for a two-day pass. A limited number of 2-day passes will go on sale Monday, March 13, 2006 at 12 PM CST through www.intonationmusicfest.com for the special price of $25.

The 2005 IMF, curated by Pitchforkmedia.com, was an unqualified success, packing Union Park with 30,000 concertgoers over two days and receiving glowing accolades in the New York Times, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Spin, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and scores of other publications.

Visit www.intonationmusicfest.com for ticketing and line-up updates.

“A band roster that will pass any record-store clerk’s hipness test.”
- Rolling Stone

“Hands down, easily the best outdoor music festival I’ve ever attended.â€
- Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times

“[A] most amazingly positive and joyous experience.”
- Pitchforkmedia.com

“The weekend — full of people wandering around clutching vinyl records and silk-screened tote bags — felt a bit like a throwback to the mid-1990s, when fans and fanzines supported a community of musicians too weird for the mainstream…By weekend’s end, it was clear Intonation had succeeded on its own terms.”
- Kelefah Sanneh, New York Times