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Motion City Soundtrack have announced dates in the UK, Australia and Japan as part of their farewell tour.
The American group announced recently that they were calling it a day after a run of shows under the banner of the So Long, Farewell Tour.
And they’ve now announced three UK shows, three gigs in Australia and two in Japan.
Motion City Soundtrack say: “Looks like we’ll be taking the So Long, Farewell Tour to the UK, Australia, and Japan. Tell your friends and enemies.”
The band also play a string of North American dates on the tour.
Motion City Soundtrack So Long, Farewell Tour UK, Australia, Japan dates 2016
Aug 17: Manchester O2 Ritz, UK
Aug 18: Birmingham O2 Institute 2, UK
Aug 19: London Koko, UK
Sep 08: Sydney The Metro Theatre, Australia
Sep 09: Melbourne Prince Bandroom, Australia
Sep 10: Brisbane Max Watts, Australia
Sep 12: Osaka Club Quattro, Japan
Sep 14: Tokyo Club Quattro, Japan
Motion City Soundtrack in video game promo
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