For the first time since 1998, the great Portishead has announced a North American tour with a run of dates this October. The number of cities being hit is not huge, so a lot of us are going to be out of luck on this one, but for anyone in these cities, needless to say you need to jump on this asap. Check out the full list of dates below.

Portishead 2011 Tour Dates:
October 1 & 2 IBYM, Asbury Park, NJ
October 4 Hammerstein Ballroom NY
October 5 Hammerstein Ballroom, NY
October 7 Jacques Cartier Pier, Montreal
October 9 Sound Academy, Toronto
October 10 Sound Academy, Toronto
October 12 Aragon, Chicago
October 15 Mexico, Corona Festival
October 18 Shrine LA
October 21 Greek, Berkeley, SF
October 23 WaMu, Seattle
October 24 PNE Forum, Vancouver
October 27 1st Bank Center, Denver