Photo: Gail Butensky

Australia and New Zealand will be the first countries to experience the forthcoming Pavement reunion in all of its glory: the band will play its inaugural comeback show at the Auckland Town Hall on March 1, and will then head to Australia for six concerts.

Tour dates are as follows:
03.01.10 Auckland, NZ @ Auckland Town Hall
03.04.10 Sydney, AUS @ Enmore Theatre
03.06.10 Victoria, AUS @ Golden Plains Festival
03.07.10 Adelaide, AUS @ The Barton Theatre
03.08.10 Perth, AUS @ Metro City
03.10.10 Brisbane, AUS @ Tivoli
03.12.10 Melbourne, AUS @ Palace Theatre

After its stint down under, the band will headline and curate the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Minehead, England next May, followed by a string of shows in New York in September.