As reported on Pitchfork, Dan Deacon has canceled seven upcoming shows in France and Portugal due to “matters in [his] personal life beyond [his] control.”

Pitchfork courteously took on the hard part of my job and asked Dan to comment: “In addition to working out the matters in my personal life,” he said, “I will be using the time to finish work on the record, work out the plans for possible build out of the new Wham City arts center, and finalize the remaining aspects of the Whartscape Festival.”

As we reported about a month ago (TMT News), Deacon’s new album, Bromst, is tentatively set for release in the fall. The Whartscape Festival will take place July 17-20 in Baltimore. I’m thinking about going. As far as the Wham City arts center, that’s the first I’ve heard of it. Awesome.

Take your time, Dan. Hope everything works out.

The Canceled Dates:

Tourdates:

06.11.08 - Munich, DE - Orangehouse 06.12.08 - Leipzig, DE - Zoro 06.13.08 - Berlin, DE - West Germany 06.14.08 - Galway, IE - Future Days Festival 06.18.08 - Washington, DC - Black Cat - Fuck Yeah Fest 06.21.08 - Philadelphia, PA - POPPED! Festival 06.25.08 - Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Music Festival 06.26.08 - Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Pool with Devo and Tom Tom Club 06.27.08 - Atlanta, GA - Corndog-o-Rama 07.06.08 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival $ 07.20.08 - Baltimore, MD - Whartscape 07.06.08 - Denmark - Roskilde Festival 08.09.08 - London, UK - Field Day Festival 08.16.08 - Hasselt, BE - Pukkelpop Festival 08.31.08 - Stradbally Estate, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival 09.01.08 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot 09.27.08 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground

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