Interpol: New Album Looming, Touring with U2, Bidding Adieu to Carlos D

On April 28, moody New Yorker dudes Interpol broke several years of silence to pronounce: "We're stirring." The stirring involved the unveiling of a brand new jam, "Lights," and promises of a forthcoming fourth LP.

Since then, Team Interpol has been a hive of activity. They've bid adieu to bassist/style icon Carlos Dengler (with an announcement whose hyperbole suggests frontman Paul 'Julian Plenti' Banks wrote it: "we will remain, as always, deeply respectful fans of this blazingly talented individual"), announced a run of shows supporting stadium-rock institution U2, and, now, released summer tour dates of their own.

Though they've promised "exciting recruits" to fill in on bass in the absence of Dengler, no announcements have been made as to who exactly those shall be. Nor have official details of that fourth LP been unleashed. But stirring they are:

Turn On the Bright Lights:
June 21: Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
June 22: Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
June 23: Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small's Theatre
June 25: Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Café
June 27: Minneapolis, MN - TCF Bank Stadium *
June 28: Des Moines, IA - People's Court
June 30: East Lansing, MI - Spartan Stadium *
July 1: Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
July 2: Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
July 3: Toronto, ON - Rogers Centre *
July 5: Columbia, MO - Blue Note
July 6: Chicago, IL - Soldier Field *
July 8: Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
July 9: Miami, FL - Land Shark Stadium *
July 10: Charleston, SC - The Music Farm
July 12: Philadelphia, PA - Lincoln Financial Field *
July 14: Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
July 16: Montréal, QC - Montreal Hippodrome *
July 17: Montréal, QC - Montreal Hippodrome *
July 19: New York, NY - New Meadowlands Stadium *
July 20: Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
July 21: New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
July 23: Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
July 24: Lancaster, PA - Chameleon
September 18: Paris, France - Stade De France *
September 22: Brussels, Belgium - Stade Roi Boudoin *
September 23: Brussels, Belgium - Stade Roi Boudoin *
September 26: San Sebastian, Spain - Anoeta Stadium *
September 29: Seville, Spain - Olympic Stadium *
October 2: Coimbra, Portugal - Estadio Cidade Coimbra *
October 3: Coimbra, Portugal - Estadio Cidade Coimbra *
October 8: Rome, Italy - Olympic Stadium *
* supporting U2