The Pipettes to tour in fall, hit Atlanta 10/16

Holy crap! It's about darn time...

Those British lovelies in retro girl group The Pipettes have finally booked a decent tour of North America, and they're coming to Atlanta's Vinyl on October 16. Apparently their debut album, We are the Pipettes, will finally see U.S. release on October 2. The tour:

10/02 Park West, Chicago, IL
10/03 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
10/04 Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH
10/05 Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
10/06 Petit Campus, Montreal, Quebec
10/08 Fillmore @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY
10/09 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
10/10 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
10/11 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
10/13 TBA, Pittsburgh, PA
10/15 Exit/In, Nashville, TN
10/16 Vinyl, Atlanta, GA
10/17 Workplay Theater, Birmingham, AL
10/18 The Parish @ The House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
10/19 The Parish, Austin, TX
10/20 TBA, San Antonio, TX
10/21 Cambridge Room @ House of Blues, Dallas, TX
10/23 Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
10/25 Avalon, Los Angeles, CA
10/29 Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, CA
10/31 Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
11/01 Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
11/02 TBA, Vancouver, British Columbia
12/09 Studio Coast (British Anthems), Tokyo, Japan
12/11 Liquid Room, Tokyo, Japan
12/12 Diamond Hall, Nagoya, Japan
12/13 Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan

More than a year after they took the blogs by storm, it'll be great to see Becki, Gwenno, and Rosay do their thing in person.

The Pipettes - Your Kisses are Wasted on Me
The Pipettes - Why Did You Stay [live]

Thanks to Pitchfork for the news.