The Avett Brothers are thrilled to announce their 2010 spring tour dates. With their album 'I and Love and You' debuting at number 16 on the Billboard charts and selling over 40,000 units during the first week alone, these North Carolina rockers haven’t shown any signs of slowing down.

On the heels of an extremely successful 2009 year with their critically acclaimed Rick Rubin produced album 'I and Love and You', and an extensive electrifying US tour, The Avett Brothers gear up to remind fans just how powerful a musical force this quartet is. Beginning their spring tour on February 4th in Athens, OH the band will travel throughout the US and end up in Cumberland, MD on May 28th (see below for full itinerary).

The Avett Brothers recently taped a special performance for PBS’ Austin City Limits. Austin City Limits is the longest-running music series in American television history. With this performance, the Avett Brothers join the celebrated ranks with music legends and innovators from every genre including the likes of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino. This momentous performance will air January 23rd on PBS.

This year, the brothers have been wowing late night audiences across America with performances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and more recently, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where they debuted their second single “Slight Figure of Speech.”

The video for “Slight Figure of Speech” premieres today on the comedy site, FunnyOrDie.com, with a guest appearance by funny man Andy Daly. The video was directed by fellow North Carolina native Jody Hill, the brain behind HBO’s cult classic “Eastbound & Down”.

Paste Magazine hails I and Love and You as one of the “Best Albums of the Decade”. The Boston Globe calls The Avett Brothers’ live performance “electric energy of rock ‘n’ roll with the spirit of old-fashioned storytelling”. The Village Voice affirms they play “with the ferocity of a punk band, strumming them out with a hard locomotive chug, hopping in place, harmonizing in one moment and screaming hoarsely in the next.” Esquire Magazine proclaims, “If they are sex, they are sex with the lights on.”

Tour Dates:

01/01 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
01/03 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
02/24 - Athens, OH - Ohio University
02/26 - Ithaca, NY - State Theatre
02/27 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
02/28 - Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room @ Murat Centre
03/02 - Columbia, MO - Missouri Theatre
03/03 - Midwest City, OK - Rose State PAC
03/05 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
03/06 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
03/07 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
03/09 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
04/17 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
04/18 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Theatre
04/20 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
04/21 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
04/23 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
04/24 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Arts Center/Ikeda Theater
04/25 - Indio, CA - Stagecoach Festival
04/27 - Sacramento, CA - Crest Theatre
04/28 - Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theatre
04/29 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
05/02 - Wilkesboro, NC - MerleFest
05/28 - Cumberland, MD - Del Fest: Allegany County Fairgrounds