Already on the road for an orchestra-backed spring sojourn -- one for which frontman Ben Gibbard had the jitters in prepping for -- inde rock stalwarts Death Cab for Cutie will continue their relentless touring through the summer season, including festival dates across the Midwest and up through the Northeast.

The Magik*Magik Orchestra tour will conclude in the band's hometown of Seattle, Wash., enabling the 'Such Great Heights' popmasters to get some well-deserved rest before continuing on to summertime gigs.

All this touring is on the heels of band's 2011 album, 'Codes and Keys,' whose single 'You Are a Tourist' blew up radios nationwide, reaching No.1 on Triple A and Modern Rock radio. Seems the American public has an insatiable appetite for bubblegum melancholia, and those gents from Seattle are just the songmen to provide all summer long.

Death Cab for Cutie Spring 2012 Tour With Magik*Magik Orchestra Dates
5/1 – Knoxville, Tenn. | Tennessee Theatre
5/3 – Dallas, Texas  | McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
5/4 – Austin, Texas | ACL Live at the Moody Theater
5/6 – Mesa, Ariz. | Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater
5/7 – Los Angeles, Calif. | Walt Disney Concert Hall
5/8 – Oakland, Calif. | Fox Theater
5/11 – Portland, Ore. | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hakk
5/13 – Seattle, Wash. | The Paramount Theatre

Death Cab for Cutie Summer 2012 Tour Dates
6/30 – Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario | The Commons
7/1 – Barrie, Ontario | Burl’s Creek
7/3 – Cleveland, Ohio |  Jacobs Pavilion
7/4 – Rochester Hills, Mich. | Meadow Brook
7/5 – Milwaukee, Wis. | Summerfest
7/7 – Des Moines, Iowa | 80/35 Music Festival
7/8 – Lawrence, Kan. | Liberty Music Hall
7/9 – Springfield, Miss. | Gilloz Theatre
7/10 – Tulsa, Okla. | Cain’s Ballroom
7/12 – Chicago, Ill. | The Taste of Chicago
7/13 – Pittsburgh, Pa. | Stage AE
7/14 – Charlottesville, Va. | nTelos Wireless Pavilion
7/15 – Cincinnati, Ohio | Bunbury Music Festival
7/17 – Nashville, Tenn. | Ryman Auditorium
7/19 – Montclair, N.J. | Wellmont Theatre
7/20 – Holyoke, Mass. | Mountain Park
7/21 – Cooperstown, N.Y. | Ommegang Brewery
7/22  – Dover, Del. | Firefly Music Festival

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