Now that the Watapolava Tour has been scrapped (damn that Sinead O’Connor!), Rufus Wainwright has some extra time on his hands that he, perhaps, was not expecting. He’s going to fill it on the North American leg of the Roxy Music world tour, which kicks off in Toronto on July 16 at the Air Canada Center and wraps up with two nights, August 7th and 8th, at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre. Wainwright is touring behind his sophomore album, Poses, which was released June 5th on Dreamworks.

Tour dates are as follows:

7-16 Toronto, ON – Air Canada Center

7-17 Boston, MA – Fleet Boston Pavilion

7-19 Camden, NJ – Tweeter Center

7-20 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post

7-21 Boston, MA – Fleet Boston Pavilion

7-23 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

7-24 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

7-26 Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre

7-29 Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Centre

7-30 Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena

7-31 Minneapolis, MN – Northrop Auditorium

8-03 Vancouver, BC – General Motors Place

8-05 Concord, CA – Chronicle Pavilion

Source: Pitchforkmedia.com

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