It’s been a long 5 years since Sufjan’s last “50 States” project album and almost as long since he’s had a proper national tour. He teased us with his The BQE project last September and some new material that showed up online after a live show in Ithaca, NY. Then there was news this Spring that he was working a new LP that would feature  The National. Basically, the president was about to declare a national emergency due to all the fan boy drool flooding the streets of our nation. Today, Asthmatic Kitty announced that Sufjan will start a nation-wide tour this October (even swinging by on a couple dates to visit our neighbors to the north). He’ll be stopping in Atlanta at The Tabernacle on Saturday, November 6th (pre-sale tickets cost $30). Pre-sale tickets will be available on Tuesday, August 10th via Asthmatic Kitty’s website. Then you can purchase them through the venues starting on Friday, August 13th. Here is the full tour schedule, followed by some of that Ithaca footage that had the interwebs all abuzz last Fall.

10/12 – Montreal, Quebec @ Metropolis Theater 10/13 – Toronto, Ontario @ Massey Hall 10/14 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre 10/15 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theater 10/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theater 10/17 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater 10/19 – Austin, TX @ The Long Center for the Performing Arts 10/20 – Dallas, TX @ McFarlin Memorial Auditorium 10/22 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center (Ikeda Theater) 10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern 10/26 – Oakland, CA @ The Paramount Theater 10/28 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Orpheum Theater 10/29 – Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 10/30 – Seattle, WA @ The Paramount Theatre 11/01 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kingsbury Hall 11/02 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre 11/04 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hilbert Circle Theatre 11/05 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theater 11/06 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle 11/07 – Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 11/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kimmel Center 11/11 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre 11/14 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre 11/15 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre