My Morning Jacket will head to Australia, New Zealand and Japan in early 2009. The quintet will kick off a run of shows at Aucklands Big Day Out on January 16 and later make stops at Big Day Out events throughout Australia. In addition, My Morning Jacket will open for Neil Young in Brisbane (1/21), Sydney (1/24) and Melbourne (1/28). MMJ will also headline theaters in the latter two cities on January 22 and 27, respectively. From there the group will travel to Tokyo for a run of shows on February 4, 5 and 6.

In other news, My Morning Jacket cancelled its appearance this week at Bozeman, MTs The Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. Fans who purchased tickets through the Bobcat Ticket Office (either in person or over the phone), can return their tickets to the Bobcat Ticket Office for a refund. Tickets purchased through TicketsWest (either online or their call center) will be given an automatic refund. Tickets purchased at an outlet must be returned to the same outlet for a refund.