OKKERVIL RIVER
03-09-2005

OKKERVIL RIVER to tour Europe, get ready for first U.S. tour as headliners.
"Black Sheep Boy Appendix" CD and LP is set for release on Jagjaguwar in November.
OKKERVIL RIVER "For Real" video debuts on MTV2.

OKKERVIL RIVER have decided that their substantial amount of touring this year, including long stints with the DECEMBERISTS, EARLIMART and RILO KILEY, was not enough. They will go to Europe at the end of this month for a whirlwind, twenty-one day tour in September and November. Afterwards they will embark again on a full U.S. tour, this time as headliners, beginning October 20 in sunny Tucson, Arizona and ending in Houston, Texas on November 20. They will be taking along with them songwriter Charles Bissell of the WRENS, fellow Jagjaguwar labelmates MINUS STORY, as well as BAND OF HORSES and MAN MAN. Two days later, on November 22, Jagjaguwar will release a new record by Okkervil River called "Black Sheep Boy-Appendix", in both the CD and LP formats. It is a "connected" follow-up to their already celebrated "Black Sheep Boy" CD and LP, which was released just in April of this year. It embodies a condensed, alternate vision of Black Sheep Boy's imagery and themes, with the ultimate intent to exhaust and destroy both. This ambitious mini-album rounds up and reworks the band's favorite unfinished songs (originally tracked for the Black Sheep Boy full-length) and then punctuates and bookends them in brand-new compositions. Also, Okkervil River's "For Real" video, created by Zak Margolis and which debuted on the Jagjaguwar website, was noticed by the higher ups at MTV who requested that it be shown on MTV 2's Subterranean video show. This is the first video for Okkervil River and for Jagjaguwar to be shown on this highly popular national show.

OKKERVIL RIVER's tourdates:

09/05 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot, Backyard Stage
09/14 Austin, TX - Parish
09/24 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
09/25 Brighton, England - The Hanbury Ballroom
09/26 Manchester, England - Night & Dry
09/27 Nottingham, England - The Social
09/28 London, England - The Water Rats
09/29 Paris, France - La Guinguette Pirate
09/30 Munchen, Germany - Zerwirk
10/01 Linz, Austria - Kapu
10/02 Wien, Austria - Chelsea
10/03 Zagreb, Croatia - KSET
10/04 Ravenna, Italy - Charles Bronson
10/05 Roma, Italy - Circolo Degli Artisti
10/06 Bologna, Italy - Covo
10/07 Milano, Italy - Jail
10/08 Zofingen, Switzerland - Oxx
10/09 Dresden, Germany - Star Club
10/10 Berlin, Germany - Cafe Zapata
10/11 Hamburg, Germany - Weltbuhne
10/12 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
10/13 Zichem, Belgium - Den Hemel
10/14 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
10/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
10/19 Marfa, TX - Ballroom
10/20 Tucson, AZ - Plush*
10/21 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
10/22 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo*
10/23 San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord*
10/24 Redding, CA- Serendipity Coffee House*
10/25 Porland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge*
10/27 Vancouver, BC - Media Club*
10/28 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe*
10/29 Boise, ID - Neurolux
10/31 Denver, CO - Hi Dive
11/02 Lawrence KS - Jackpot Saloon**
11/03 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground**
11/04 Ames, IA - The Maintenance Shop**
11/05 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar**
11/06 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub**
11/07 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace**
11/08 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa**
11/10 Cambridge, MA - TT The Bear's Place**#
11/11 New York, NY - Knitting Factory**#
11/12 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix #$
11/13 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber #
11/14 Arlington, VA - Iota Club #$
11/15 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 #$
11/17 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder $
11/19 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon $
11/20 Houston, TX - Walters On Washington $



*with Band Of Horses
**with Minus Story
#with Charles Bissel of The Wrens
$ with Man Man

Go to http://www.jagjaguwar.com/live.htm for up-to-date confirmed show listings.