Waking Eye Joins Weakerthans

03/20/09 3:15pm

by Jen White (CHARTattack)

The Waking Eyes recently wound up their Canadian tour with Arkells, but one member is already back out on the road.

Waking Eyes vocalist/guitarist Rusty Matyas is playing keys with fellow Manitobans The Weakerthans on their cross-Canada Rolling Tundra Review tour with the Constantines, which kicked off last night in St. John's and ends in Whitehorse in May.

The two bands will be accompanied by various openers throughout the tour, including The Waking Eyes on all three of the tour's Toronto dates.

The Waking Eyes will also play Toronto's Downsview Park on June 20 as part of this year's Edgefest.

Check out this video interview with The Waking Eyes here, and interviews with The Weakerthans here, here and here.

Here are The Weakerthans/Constantines tour dates:

March 20 Halifax, NS @ The Palace w/The Superfantastics
March 21 Charlottetown, PEI @ The Wave w/Rich Aucoin
March 22 Sackville, NB @ George's Roadhouse w/Rebekah Higgs
March 23 Fredericton, NB @ UNB Ballroom w/Daniel Ledwell
March 25 Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle w/Jane Ehrhardt
March 26 Montreal, QC @ Le National w/Emilie Clepper
March 27 Peterborough, ON @ The Montreal House w/Castlemusic
March 28 Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre
March 29 Kingston, ON @ The Ale House w/Castlemusic
March 31 - April 2 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre w/The Waking Eyes
April 3 London, ON @ London Music Hall w/$100
April 4 Guelph, ON @ River Run Centre w/Bahamas
April 17-18 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre w/Oh Susanna
April 21 Regina, SK @ Ridell Centre w/Shuyler Jansen
April 22 Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Events Centre w/Shuyler Jansen
April 23 Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre
April 25 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall w/Oh Susanna
April 26 Banff, AB @ Wild Bill's Legendary Saloon & Cookhouse w/Oh Susanna
April 27 Kelowna, BC @ Kelowna Community Theatre w/Oh Susanna
April 28 Nanaimo, BC @ Vancouver Island University Theatre
April 30 Victoria, BC @ Element Nightclub w/Oh Susanna
May 1 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/Oh Susanna
May 2 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/Lightning Dust
May 4 Whitehorse, Yukon @ Yukon Arts Centre