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Glen Phillips will be hitting the road to promote his upcoming solo album Mr. Lemons while at the same time reaching into the past to reunite with his former band Toad the Wet Sprocket, according to Billboard.com.
Phillips will begin the tour in May doing solo acoustic sets. In June, he will be joined on the road by his former bandmates.
The majority of the June dates will feature a solo acoustic set by Phillips along with a set by Toad the Wet Sprocket. Four August dates will include Phillips, Toad, as well as Big Head Todd & The Monsters.
Phillips briefly reunited with Toad in 2002-3. He followed up that tour with another solo album, Winter Pays for Summer. Mr. Lemons is due in stores May 2.
May 4: Burlington, Vt. (Higher Ground; Phillips solo)
May 5: New Market, N.H. (Stone Church; Phillips solo)
May 6: Somerville, Mass. (Somerville Theatre; Phillips solo)
May 7: Portland, Maine (Asylum; Phillips solo)
May 9: Annapolis, Md. (Ram’s Head; Phillips solo)
May 10: Philadelphia (World Cafe; Phillips solo)
May 11: Alexandria, Va. (Birchmere; Phillips solo)
May 12: New York (Canal Room; Phillips solo)
May 13: Bayshore, N.Y. (Boulton Center; Phillips solo)
May 14: Charleston, W. Va. (Mountain Stage; Phillips solo)
May 15: Pittsburgh (Club Cafe; Phillips solo)
May 17: Ann Arbor, Mich. (the Ark; Phillips solo)
May 18: Newport, Ky. (Southgate House; Phillips solo)
May 19: St. Louis (Duck Room; Phillips solo)
May 20-21: Chicago (Schuba’s; Phillips solo)
June 2: Baltimore (Ram’s Head; Phillips/Toad)
June 3: Elmer, N.J. (Appel Farm; Phillips/Toad)
June 4: Sayerville, N.J. (Starland Ballroom; Phillips/Toad)
June 6: San Francisco (Great American Music Hall; Phillips solo)
June 7: Seattle (Triple Door; Phillips solo)
June 8: Portland, Ore. (Aladdin Theatre; Phillips solo)
June 15: Indianapolis (Vogue; Phillips/Toad)
June 16: Madison, Wis. (Majestic Theatre; Phillips/Toad)
June 17: Apple Valley, Minn. (Minnesota Zoo; Phillips/Toad)
June 18: Chicago (Toast of Randolph Street; Phillips/Toad)
June 27: Exton, Pa. (Concert in the Square; Phillips solo)
June 28: New York (Madison Square Park; Phillips solo)
June 29: Northampton, Mass. (Iron Horse; Phillips solo)
June 30: Shirley, Mass. (Bull Run; Phillips solo)
Aug. 11: Veneta, Ore. (Secret House Vineyard; Phillips/Toad/Big Head Todd)
Aug. 13: Arlington, Wash. (River Meadows Park; Phillips/Toad/Big Head Todd)
Aug. 16: Saratoga, Calif. (Mountain Winery; Phillips/Toad/Big Head Todd)
Aug. 23: San Diego (Humphrey’s; Phillips/Toad/Big Head Todd)
