Iron & Wine's long awaited third full-length The Shepherd's Dog will be released on September 24. The follow up to Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) and the Woman King EP (2005), Beam also collaborated with Calexico for the In The Reins mini-album (2005) that saw the two bands embark on extensive touring across the US and Europe into 2006, including a sold out show at The Forum in London.
With The Shepherd's Dog, Iron and Wine vaults to the top draw of contemporary music makers. This is a tour de force. And while we always knew there was something very special about Sam Beam, we honestly had no idea that he was capable of this.
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UK tour dates:
Tue 23 Oct Leeds City Varieties, £12.50
Wed 24 Oct Gateshead Sage Gateshead
Thu 25 Oct Manchester Academy 2, £14
Fri 26 Oct Belfast Spiegel Tent
Sun 28 Oct Bristol St Georges
Mon 29 Oct Edinburgh Queens Hall
Wed 31 Oct London Shepherds Bush Empire
Thu 1 Nov Cardiff Point
Fri 2 Nov Brighton St Georges Church
Sat 3 Nov Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Sun 4 Nov Reading Concert Halldocument.write(unescape("