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Take a good look at Ted Leo's tour schedule from last fall and this winter, and you'll get a good idea of where his priorities lie. Of course, any self-respecting American is going to take time off for the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays, but he simply ain't got time to be payin' his respects to Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, or Easter Sunday. With a scant seven and a half weeks rest after his last set of fall shows in support of Shake the Sheets, Leo will be taking his Pharmacists back out for more, more, more, starting at the beginning of February.

Most notably, he'll be spending the birthday of our nation's first President with the people of San Francisco, headlining the opening night of the 2005 Noise Pop Festival with Communique, The Joggers, and The Herms. From there, his family will miss him for the better part of the Lenten season while he tours the hell out of Europe. And if he's real lucky, he just might make it back in time to set his clock forward an hour with the rest of us. Rock:

02-01 Sarasota, FL - Sarasota Municipal Auditorium
02-09 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
02-13 Seattle, WA - Neumo's #
02-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's On Richards #
02-15 Portland, OR - Bossanova #
02-18 Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre #
02-19 San Diego, CA - Casbah #
02-20 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre #
02-22 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall (Noise Pop Festival)
02-26 Leeds, England - Joseph Wells
02-27 Norwich, England - Ferry Boat
02-28 Newcastle, England - The Cluney
03-01 Glasgow, Scotland - Nice and Sleazys
03-02 Manchester, England - Star and Gather
03-03 Exeter, England - Cavern Club
03-04 London, England - Silver Rocket Club
03-05 Nottingham, England - The Maze
03-08 Goeteborg, Sweden - Jazzhuset
03-09 Oslo, Norway - Garage
03-10 Linkoeping, Sweden - Herrgam
03-11 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator
03-12 Malmö, Sweden - Pink Flag
03-13 Flensburg, Germany - Volksbad
03-14 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
03-15 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
03-16 Saarbrucken, Germany - Hellmut
03-17 Koln, Germany - Komm
03-18 Nürnberg, Germany - Komm
03-20 Graz, Austria - Arcadium
03-21 Vienna, Austria - Arena
03-23 Genova, Italy - Milk
03-24 Roma, Italy - Circolo Degli Artisti
03-25 Tirono, Italy - Antidox
03-26 Milano, Italy - Leoncavallo
03-27 Paris, France - TBA
03-28 Amsterdam, Netherlands - TBA
03-29 Ultrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
03-30 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
03-31 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
04-01 Knotrich, Belgium - Lintfabriek
04-02 Esch, Belgium - Kulturfabrik +

* w/ Aesop Rock, Dillinger Escape Plan, RJD2
# w/ The Joggers
+ w/ Engine Down

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