Tour de Friday

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• moe. announces 20th anniversary shows
  
• Umphrey's McGee continues their Chicago NYE tradition
• The Greyboy Allstars have started to unveil early 2010 dates
• Muse announces North America arena tour
• Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer announces US club tour
• Portland rockers Everclear announce short January club tour

This week saw the announcement of the NOLA Jazz & Heritage Festival, moe.'s annual Summer Camp Festival & the second annual Big Ears Festival initial lineups. Last year, Langerado was forced to put their festival on hold and this year it appears that the 10,000 Lakes Festival is the latest victim. JamBase has the scoop.