Photo: Nikki Turner

Band of Skulls will grace this country’s shores once again, touching down in Los Angeles on November 6 to perform at the Twilight Saga: New Moon cast event at the Hollywood and Highland Center. The event is open to the public and will feature performances from several of the bands included on the New Moon soundtrack, including Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina, and Sea Wolf in addition to Band of Skulls.

Following their epic performance for Twi-hards, the band will then mosey over to the Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 15, followed by a tour of the US with Metric.

We can safely say we wrote about the band before vampire enthusiasts knew they existed. Get psyched about their tour by reading our profile here.

Tour dates are as follows:
11.06.09 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood & Highland Center
11.15.09 Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Music Hall
11.16.09 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
11.17.09 Portland, ME @ Portland City Music Hall *
11.18.09 Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre *
11.19.09 Providence, RI @ Lupos *
11.20.09 Boston, MA @ House of Blues *
11.21.09 Albany, NY @ Northern Lights *
11.23.09 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live *
11.24.09 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls Theatre *
11.25.09 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory *
11.27.09 Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre *
11.28.09 Atlanta, GA @ Centerstage *
11.30.09 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live *
12.01.09 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa *
12.02.09 Dallas, TX @ Palladium *
12.11.09 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour

* with Metric

Twi-hards, rejoice: the soundtrack for the latest film in the Twilight series, New Moon, will be released this Friday, as “overwhelming and unprecedented demand” prompted the release date to be pushed up by four days. The album will be hitting stores more than a month before the film is released on November 20, so the Twilight faithful can comfort themselves with the musical musings of Death Cab for Cutie, Thom Yorke, Muse, the Killers, OK Go, Grizzly Bear, Lykke Li, Bon Iver, St. Vincent, Sea Wolf, and the Editors, among others, until their cinematic dreams become reality.

MTV has the full scoop on the most recent Twilight developments, of course, and is featuring an interview with OK Go and Lykke Li about their involvement with the soundtrack; check them out here and here. Stream the video for Death Cab for Cutie’s contribution to the soundtrack, titled “Meet Me on the Equinox,” here.