With their upcoming full length, Mr.Beast due out March 6th, Scottish post-rock act Mogwai has announced more dates in the US and Europe. The record is due out on Matador in the United States and on the band's own PIAS in Europe.
Today, the band launched a new single, "Glasgow Mega-Snake" a live recording from a London performance this past January. The track is available exclusively through download services and can found here on iTunes and also here from 7 Digital. The studio version of the track will appear on Mr.Beast.
The band has also taken on a new project, they will be scoring a film about French footballer Zinedine Zidane. The film, to be directed by fellow Glaswegian Douglas Gordon is currently in post production, the film follows the player and documents a real match between Madrid and Villareal in April 2005. The band is recording the must at their Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow, and expect to see the film premiere at Cannes in May.
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2006 | Chicago, IL, USA | Logan Square Auditorium |
| March 2, 2006 | Columbus, OH, USA | Wexner Centre For The Arts |
| March 3, 2006 | Lexington, KY, USA | The Dame |
| March 4, 2006 | Charlottesville, VA, USA | Satellite Ballroom |
| March 6, 2006 | New York City, NY, USA | Avalon |
| March 7, 2006 | Baltimore, MD, USA | Sonar |
| March 8, 2006 | Chaple Hill, NC, USA | Cats Cradle |
| March 9, 2006 | Asheville, NC, USA | Orange Peel |
| March 10, 2006 | Nashville, TN, USA | Mercy Lounge |
| March 11, 2006 | Atlanta, GA, USA | Whirlyball |
| March 12, 2006 | Atlanta, GA, USA | Whirlyball |
| March 14, 2006 | Houston, TX, USA | Numbers |
| March 15, 2006 | Stubbs, Austin, TX, USA | Matador Showcase |
| March 17, 2006 | Mexico City, Mexico | Venustiano Carranza 25 (formerly Nafinsa) |
| March 29, 2006 | Bristol, UK | Bristol Academy |
| March 30, 2006 | Southampton, UK | Southampton University |
| March 31, 2006 | Wolverhampton, UK | Wulfrun Hall |
| April 1, 2006 | Oxford, UK | Brookes University |
| April 2, 2006 | Cardiff, Wales, UK | Coal Exchange |
| April 4, 2006 | Cambridge, UK | Junction |
| April 5, 2006 | Liverpool, UK | Carling Academy |
| April 6, 2006 | Newcastle, UK | Northumbria University |
| April 7, 2006 | Sheffield, UK | The Plug |
| April 8, 2006 | Lille, France | Splendid |
| April 9, 2006 | Strasbourg, France | Laiterie |
| April 11, 2006 | Toulouse, France | SDF |
| April 12, 2006 | Clermont-Ferrand, France | Cooperative de Mai |
| April 13, 2006 | Paris, France | Bataclan |
| April 14, 2006 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Motel Mozaique Festival |
| April 15, 2006 | Cologne, Germany | Live Music Hall |
| April 16, 2006 | Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium | Domino Festival |
| April 18, 2006 | Florence, Italy | Flog |
| April 19, 2006 | Rome, Italy | Qube |
| April 20, 2006 | Milan, Italy | Rolling Stone |
| April 21, 2006 | Treviso, Italy | New Age |
| April 22, 2006 | Krems, Austria | Danube Festival |
| April 23, 2006 | Munich, Germany | Elserhalle |
| April 24, 2006 | Berlin, Germany | Postbahnhof |
| April 25, 2006 | Hamburg, Germany | Gruenspan |
| April 27, 2006 | Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK | Triptych |
| April 30, 2006 | Indio, Ca, USA | Coachella Festival |
| September 22, 2006 | London, UK | Royal Albert Hall |