Babes in Toyland add more U.S. fest and club dates

Currently in Europe for a two-week stint around Spain's Primavera Festival ahead of their June 21 hometown date at Rock the Garden, Minneapolis roar-rock legends Babes in Toyland will expand their reunion run to include a series of U.S. club and festival gigs in late August and September.

The new itinerary -- announced this morning -- will kick off Aug. 27 and 28 at mid-size clubs in St. Louis and Kansas City, respectively. Babes will go on to hit Seattle's popular Bumbershoot Festival on Sept. 5 and then the Pop Montreal International Festival in Canada on Sept. 19. Tickets for most of the shows are due on sale Friday morning. See the full itinerary below.

The band members have said all along they won't be doing a full-blown, two-month, get-in-the-van kind of tour because of bassist Maureen Herman's parental duties. Hence the patchwork timing of these dates. However, the fact that they keep adding shows confirms their many statements about how much fun they've been having since playing their first reunion shows in California back in February.

We should know after Rock the Garden whether or not a second Twin Cities gig might get added to that itinerary. The members have expressed interest in playing First Ave again in our conversations with them – and First Ave obviously would love to have them, too.

Babes in Toyland North American tour dates:

European tour dates: