Fat Wreck Chords has announced The Fat Tour. The tour, which will visit all 50 states will feature Against Me!, The Epoxies, Smoke or Fire and The Soviettes and will begin in September and end this December.
All four bands have new records out in 2005, Against Me! will release Searching for A Former Clarity on September 6th, Smoke or Fire issued their debut Above The City , The Soviettes made their Fat debut with LPIII and The Epoxies delivered Stop the Future in May.
The label has also posted the second new track from Against Me!'s upcoming record. You can find that here: "Don't Lose Touch."
Punknews.org is among the organizations sponsoring this year's tour. More dates are expected and will be released as soon as they are confirmed.
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2005 | New Haven, CT | Toad's Place |
| September 20, 2005 | South Burlington, VT | Higher Ground |
| September 21, 2005 | Orono, ME | Ushuaia |
| September 22, 2005 | Providence, RI | Living Room |
| September 23, 2005 | Manchester, NH | Bombshelter |
| September 24, 2005 | Poughkeepsie, NY | the Chance |
| September 25, 2005 | Buffalo, NY | the Sphere |
| September 26, 2005 | Pittsburgh, PA | Rex |
| September 27, 2005 | Chicago, IL | the Metro |
| September 28, 2005 | Cleveland, OH | Agora Ballroom |
| September 29, 2005 | Detroit, MI | Magic Stick |
| September 30, 2005 | Bloomington, IN | Rhino's |
| October 1, 2005 | Milwaukee, WI | the Rave II |
| October 2, 2005 | Minneapolis, MN | First Avenue |
| October 3, 2005 | Iowa City, IA | Gabe's Oasis |
| October 4, 2005 | Omaha, NE | Sokol Underground |
| October 5, 2005 | Sioux Falls, SD | Washington Pavilion-Schulte Room |
| October 6, 2005 | Fargo, ND | Avalon Events Center |
| October 7, 2005 | Billings, MT | Foe Eagles |
| October 8, 2005 | Casper, WY | American Legion Hall |
| October 9, 2005 | Englewood, CO | Gothic Theatre |
| October 11, 2005 | Salt Lake City, UT | Lo-Fi Cafe |
| October 12, 2005 | Boise, ID | the Venue |
| October 13, 2005 | Seattle, WA | Nuemos |
| October 14, 2005 | Portland, OR | Loveland |
| October 21, 2005 | Honolulu, HI | Pink Cadillac |
| October 22, 2005 | Honolulu, HI | Pink Cadillac |
| October 26, 2005 | San Francisco, CA | Slim's |
| October 27, 2005 | San Francisco, CA | Slim's |
| October 28, 2005 | Los Angeles, CA | the El Rey Theatre |
| October 29, 2005 | Pomona, CA | the Glass House |
| October 30, 2005 | San Diego, CA | Epicenter |
| October 31, 2005 | Las Vegas, NV | Jillian's |
| November 1, 2005 | Tempe, AZ | Marquee Theatre |
| November 2, 2005 | Albuquerque, NM | Launch Pad |
| November 4, 2005 | Austin, TX | Emo's |
| November 5, 2005 | Houston, TX | Engine Room |
| November 6, 2005 | Dallas, TX | Trees |
| November 8, 2005 | Oklahoma City, OK | Bricktown Live |
| November 9, 2005 | Lawrence, KS | Granada Theatre |
| November 10, 2005 | St. Louis, MO | Mississippi Nights |
| November 11, 2005 | Memphis, TN | the Complex |
| November 12, 2005 | New Orleans, LA | House of Blues - Parrish |
| November 16, 2005 | Birmingham, AL | Cave9 |
| November 17, 2005 | Atlanta, GA | the Loft |
| November 18, 2005 | Athens, GA | 40 Watt Club |
| November 19, 2005 | Gainsville, FL | the Fest 4 |
| November 26, 2005 | Richmond, VA | Alley Katz |