Metric's Breakout '09 Continues with More Touring

Interviewing Metric frontwoman Emily Haines earlier this year, I could hear the pride in her voice as she talked at how the band were going it alone, on their own record label, for the release of their fourth album, Fantasies.

We couldn't be happier with the so-called 'death of the music industry,'" Haines beamed. "I can only imagine this next chapter will be so much more interesting than what we got in the '90s: boy-band CDs in shitty jewel-cases."

Fantasies proved Metric's wisdom: in its first eight weeks of release, the album sold four times as many copies as 2005's Platinum-in-Canada Live it Out, sold in the prior four years. Even though (or because of the fact that) the album can be heard in its entirety at Metric's website.

Fresh off of losing the Polaris Prize sweepstakes to F**ked Up, Metric have just landed in Australia for their first ever shows Down Under, and have announced a lengthy run of North American shows to capitalize on their burgeoning, worlwide-breakout-style success.

Metriculating:
September 30: Sydney, Australia - Metro
October 2: Melbourne, Australia - Billboard
October 3: Melbourne, Australia - Parklife Festival
October 4: Sydney, Australia - Parklife Festival
October 5: Adelaide, Australia - Parklife Festival
October 7: Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro
October 15: Kitchener, ON - Centre in the Square
October 16: Montreal, PQ - Metropolis
October 17: Montreal, PQ - Metropolis
October 19: Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Civic Centre
October 20: Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
October 21: Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
October 23: London, ON - Centennial Hall
October 24: Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Convention Centre
October 28: Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
October 29: Saskatoon, SK - The Odeon
October 30: Calgary, AB - Big 4 (Stampede Park)
October 31: Edmonton, AB - Northern Alberta Jubilee
November 2: Kelowna, BC - Kelowna Theatre
November 3: Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
November 16: Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
November 17: Portland, ME - Portland City Music Hall
November 18: Hartford, CT - Webster
November 19: Providence, RI - Lupo's
November 20: Boston, MA - House of Blues
November 21: Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
November 23: Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live!
November 24: Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small's
November 25: Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
November 27: Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
November 28: Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
November 30: Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
December 1: Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
December 2: Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom