The Mars Volta Announce Fall Tour Dates

If you were one of the unfortunate few who missed The Mars Volta's triumphant appearance at last month's Bonnaroo festival then you may get another chance soon to catch the phenomenal Grammy Award winning progressive rock duo in a city near you this fall.

The Mars Volta's autumnal tour will kick off August 29 at the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco followed by a two-night headline stand at the Hollywood Palladium following on August 30 and September 1. Tickets for the two Los Angeles shows went on sale this Saturday, July 25, as did tickets for confirmed dates in Phoenix and St. Louis. Tickets for the remaining shows will go on sale July 31 and August 1.

The band will be touring in the wake of their fifth full-length album Octahedron. The album follows up last year’s The Bedlam In Goliath, which featured “Wax Simulacra,” the track that took “Best Hard Rock Performance” honors at the recent 51st Annual Grammy Awards.

Octahedron was written by The Mars Volta–Omar Rodriguez Lopez (music, arrangements, direction) and Cedric Bixler Zavala (vocals, lyrics)–and performed by The Mars Volta group: Marcel Rodriguez Lopez, Thomas Pridgen, John Frusciante, Isaiah Ikey Owens, Juan Alderete de la Pena, Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez Lopez.

Further dates will be announced as they are confirmed. For a full listing of confirmed dates and on sale dates, see below. For an up to the minute rundown of The Mars Volta touring activity, see themarsvolta.com

THE MARS VOLTA FALL 2009 U.S. TOUR
August 29 - San Francisco CA - Outside Lands Festival * ON SALE NOW
August 30 - Los Angeles CA - Palladium * ON SALE NOW
September 1 - Los Angeles CA - Palladium * ON SALE NOW
September 2 - Santa Barbara CA - Santa Barbara Bowl * ON SALE AUGUST 1
September 4 - San Diego CA - Soma * ON SALE JULY 31
September 5 - Phoenix AZ - Dodge Theater * ON SALE NOW
September 8 - St. Louis MO - The Pageant * ON SALE NOW
September 10 - Minneapolis MN - First Avenue * ON SALE AUGUST 1
September 11 - Chicago IL - Congress Theater * ON SALE AUGUST 1
September 13 - Denver CO - Monolith Festival * ON SALE NOW
September 16 - Dallas TX - Palladium * ON SALE JULY 31
September 17 - Houston TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater * ON SALE AUGUST 1
September 19 - San Antonio TX - Municipal Theater * ON SALE AUGUST 1