Pixies planning concerts in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile this October

The Pixies continue to map out a busy 2010, with newly announced plans to follow up the band’s second round of U.S. Doolittle concerts with a string of Latin American shows this October in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

To date, the band has announced one concert apiece in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; and Sao Paulo, Brazil, in October, followed by three concerts in Mexico: two in Mexico City (including a slot co-headlining the Corona Capital Festival with Interpol), followed by a single show in Guadalajara (see full dates below). It’s unclear whether there will be more, since the band is announcing one show at a time.

These concerts follow four festival dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan in early August, as well as the band’s second run of Doolittle dates — at which it will perform that 1989 album in its entirety — in the U.S. this September (the latter trek also has seen second shows added in Nashville, Tenn., and Austin, Texas).

In between all of this, as we reported earlier this week, frontman Black Francis is finding time to help turn his 2007 solo album Bluefinger into a rock opera in Texas , compile a new B-sides album and work in some scattered solo shows of his own.

See the Pixies’ full tour dates after the jump…

Pixies tour dates:

Down Under and Japan
Aug. 1: Splendour in the Grass, Woodford, Queensland, Australia
Aug. 3: Westpac Arena, Christchurch, New Zealand
Aug. 7: Summersonic Festival, Osaka, Japan
Aug. 8: Summersonic Festival, Tokyo, Japan

U.S. ‘Doolittle’ 20th anniversary concerts
Sept. 7: Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Sept. 10: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Sept. 11: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Sept. 13: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Sept. 17: Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Sept. 18: Brady Theatre, Tulsa, OK
Sept. 19: Verizon Theatre, Dallas, TX
Sept. 20: Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
Sept. 21: Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
Sept. 22: Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
Sept. 24: Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ
Sept. 25: The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
Sept. 26: RIMAC Arena, San Diego, CA

Latin America
Oct. 6: Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oct. 9: Maquinaria Festival, Santiago, Chile
Oct. 11: Starts With You Music & Arts Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Oct. 16: Corona Capital Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
Oct. 17: Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City, Mexico
Oct. 19: Auditorio Telmex, Guadalajara, Mexico

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