July 20, 2006 @ 1:33 pm

The Roots Announce National and World Tour Dates

Mark Lelinwalla

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With their highly-anticipated album, Game Theory, scheduled for an Aug. 29 release on Def Jam Records, the Roots will be touring till nearly the end of the year. The Philadelphia-based group will be performing at Promo West with special guest Common tonight (July 20) in Columbus, Ohio. From there, the Roots will make stops in cities like Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, Newark and New Orleans, before ending the national part of their Kool Tour in St. Louis on Oct. 1. Following the national outing, the Roots will start making international stops on their Game Theory World Tour beginning in Norway on Nov. 15. From there they will visit Sweden, Denmark and Germany, before wrapping up in Ireland on Dec. 19. Throughout the years the Roots have been known as the hip hop road warriors for their grueling touring schedule. right “We love it, but really our survival really depends on us staying on the road,” the band’s drummer ?uestlove exclusively told Vibe.com. “That’s why we put so much care into our live presentation because that’s how we make our living. The live show to me is its own animal and when you do these songs 200 hundred days of the year you tend to do different versions and switch them up occasionally because you don’t want your show to be stale. Some of the same people come back time and time and time again.” The following is a complete list of the Roots tour dates: The Roots Kool Tour U.S. Dates

7/13/06 Club Fur w/ Talib Kweli, Washington, DC

7/15/06 Rams Head Live w/ Talib Kweli, Baltimore, MD

7/17/06 Margarita Mama's, Pittsburgh, PA

7/20/06 Promo West w/ Common, Columbus, OH

7/22/06 Bogarts, Cincinnati, OH

7/24/06 8 Seconds, Indianapolis, IN

7/27/06 The Pagent w/ Talib Kweli, St. Louis, MO

7/29/06 The Rave w/ Talib Kweli, Milwaukee, WI

7/31/06 The Congress w/ Talib Kweli, Chicago, IL

8/03/06 State Theater w/ Talib Kweli, Detroit, MI

8/05/06 HOB, Cleveland, OH

8/07/06 Avalon w/ Talib Kweli, Boston, MA

8/10/06 Toad's Club, New Haven, CT

8/12/06 Starland Ballroom, Newark, NJ

8/14/06 Wester Hall w/ Talib Kweli, New York, NY

8/17/06 Electric Factory w/ Common, Philadelphia, PA

8/21/06 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

8/25/06 Camp Bisco Five, Hunter Ski Mountain, Hunter, NY

9/10/06 Southern Cal Festival, San Diego, CA

9/22/06 House of Blues, New Orleans, LA

9/25/06 Tampa, FL (Underground) w/ Jean Grae

9/27/06 Jacksonville, FL (Plush) w/ Jean Grae

9/30/06 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

10/1/06 Southern Comfort Festival, St. Louis, MO The Roots Game Theory World Tour

11/15/06 Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway

11/16/06 Berns, Stockholm, Sweden

11/17/06 Falconer, Copenhagen, Denmark

11/19/06 E-Werk, Cologne, Germany

11/20/06 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

11/22/06 Paradiso, Amsterdamn, Netherlands

11/23/06 Paradiso, Amsterdamn, Netherlands

11/24/06 Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany

11/27/06 Bataclan, Paris, France

12/01/06 Confluent, Toulouse, France

12/02/06 Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain

12/04/06 Transbordeur, Lyon, France

12/05/06 Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy

12/06/06 Maag Hall, Zurich, Switzerland

12/07/06 Muffathalle, Munich, Germany

12/08/06 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany

12/10/06 Academy, Bristol, Great Britian

12/11/06 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, Great Britian

12/12/06 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, Great Britian

12/14/06 Academy, Birmingham, Great Britain

12/15/06 Apollo, Manchester, Great Britain

12/17/06 Academy, Glasgow, Great Britain

12/18/06 Queens Hall, Belfast, Great Britain

12/19/06 Olympia, Dublin, Ireland

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