Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) have announced a short run of tour dates to commence later this week. The band's new album, What It Takes To Move Forward, is due out in September via their own Count Your Lucky Stars Records, and will follow up 2008's Year of the Rabbit 7". Two songs from the record can be heard at the band's MySpace page.
| 08/12 | Montie House | East Lansing, MI | Cheap Girls, The Plurals, The Give a Hoot, The Used Kids, Tenement |
| 08/13 | Ramalama Records | Toledo, OH | Annabel, Slingshot Dakota, Husky Puppies |
| 08/14 | Stay Young House | Pittsburgh, PA | Presea, Ossimer, Orphans |
| 08/15 | Secret Art Space | Bethlehem, PA | Algernon Cadwallader, We Were Skeletons, The Joint Chiefs of Math |
| 08/16 | Dave's House | New Brunswick, NJ | Deer Friends, Sad Zombie, Safe Travels |
| 08/17 | Hampton's Garage | Hagerstown, MD | Eat People, The Usual, TBA |
| 08/18 | Cousin Larry's | Danbury, CT | Failure's Art, Supervolcano |
| 08/19 | TBA | Lynn, MA | |
| 08/20 | The Black Shamrock | East Meadow, NY | Sleep Bellum Sonno, Sister Kisser, Thought and Memory, Circle the Sun |
| 08/24 | The GTG House | Lansing, MI | Small Houses, The Plurals, Sway |