Eddie Roberts – photo by Jeremy Gordon

On Thursday the New Mastersounds will open a brief three-city Italian tour. Then the U.K.-based group will set their sights on the U.S. for their final run through the country of 2009. The tour will open in Charlottesville on November 4, briefly route to the north and then close out at Florida’s Bear Creek Festival on the 15th. The group also will be releasing a new recording, Ten Years On, as a digital download and at the group’s live performances. The CD version of Ten Years On will include a bonus track, with guest vocals from Grace Potter.

The New Mastersounds U.S. Tour

November 4 Charlottesville, VA The Outback Lodge
November 5 Falls Church, VA State Theatre,
November 6 Baltimore, MD The 8×10,
November 7 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, NY
November 12 Birmingham, AL Zydeco,
November 13 Atlanta, GA Smith’s Olde Bar,
November 14 Live Oak, FLBear Creek Fest, Live Oak, FL
November 15 Live Oak, FLBear Creek Fest,