ANDREW BIRD ARMCHAIR APOCRYPHA TOP 100 DEBUT! #76 with 11, 251 sold Appearing on THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN APRIL 10 NPR ALL SONGS CONSIDERED Live Webcast May 20 COACHELLA PERFORMANCE Saturday April 28

“I was mesmerized… It was transcendent, and I think the comment I made was ‘well, I can go home now, this is just the most beautiful thing i’m going to hear here'”–David Dye, Host of WXPN’s World Cafe on Bird’s SXSW performance

Armchair Apocrypha, the new album by ANDREW BIRD, debuted this week at #76 in the BILLBOARD 200.

Find out why Armchair Apocrypha is “What Everyone Should Be Talking About” (GQ), “a vast, optimistic album” (THE NEW YORKER) and “just the right parts darkness and light” (NEWSWEEK) and what’s made him INTERVIEW’s Cult Musician of the Month.

ANDREW BIRD heads out on tour next month–preceded by his network TV debut April 10 on THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. The tour begins April 11 in Grand Rapids will include stops at the Coachella festival, Chicago’s Riviera Theater, San Francisco’s Fillmore, and New York’s Webster Hall before concluding at Washington DC’s 9:30 Club for a set that will be webcast live as part of NPR’s All Songs Considered live concert series.

04/11/07 – Grand Rapids, MI – Ladies Literary Club @ Calvin College*
04/12/07 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theater*
04/13/07 – Columbus, OH – The Southern Theater*
04/14/07 – Newport, KY – The Southgate House*
04/16/07 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge*
04/17/07 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant*
04/18/07 – Urbana, IL – The Canopy Club*
04/20/07 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theater
04/21/07 – Milwaukee, WI – The Pitman Theater at Alverno College
04/22/07 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
04/23/07 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Underground
04/25/07 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theater
04/27/07 – Tucson, AZ – The Rialto Theater
04/28/07 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
05/01/07 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
05/02/07 – Sacramento, CA – Harlows
05/04/07 – Portland, OR – The Crystal Ballroom
05/05/07 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox Theater
05/06/07 – Bellingham, WA – Western Washington University
05/07/07 – Calgary, AB – Liberty Lounge at Mount Royal College
05/11/07 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
05/12/07 – Grinnell, IA – Herrick Chapel @ Grinnell College (SOLO SHOW)
05/16/07 – Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center @ the Berklee College of Music
05/17/07 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
05/18/07 – Philadelphia, PA – Theater of the Living Arts
05/20/07 – Washington, DC – 930 Club

* Cortney Tidwell Supporting
For further information, contact Steve Martin or Laura Eldeiry at nasty little man 212 343 0740 laura@nastylittleman.com