The Dears released their latest album, No Cities Left, in the US a month ago to quite a lot of fanfare. The once hidden Montreal supergroup have been making a name for themselves by playing a million live shows around the world. Unfortunately, due to a hiccup in scheduling they've had to cancel a few shows and will be touring this holiday season mostly along the US west coast. Sincere apologies have come from the band for having to cancel shows in Denver, Chicago, Buffalo, etc. They'll be spending the holidays holed up in the Canadian cold laying down the dozen or so songs they've worked up so far as a followup to NCL. Then it's back to the road with a massive UK and European tour starting up again in January.