The band will hit the road again on February 22. They will be touring with "Mimicking Birds." Tickets go on sale on January 29. The dates that have been announced so far are:

2009/02/22	Fox Theater	Oakland, CA, US
2009/02/23	The Fox Theater	Visalia, CA, US
2009/02/24	Hollywood Palladium	Los Angeles, CA, US
2009/02/25	The Marquee	Tempe, AZ, US
2009/02/26	Albuquerque Convention Center	Albuquerque, NM, US
2009/02/28	Balch Fieldhouse	Boulder, CO, US
2009/03/02	Uptown Theater	Kansas City, MO, US
2009/03/03	Diamond Balloom	Oklahoma City, OK, US
2009/03/04	Stubb's BBQ	Austin, TX, US
2009/03/06	The Lyric Oxford	Oxford, MS, US
2009/03/07	The Tabernacle	Atlanta, GA, US
2009/03/08	Langerado Music Festival / Bicentennial Park	Miami, FL, US

Billboard is reporting that Jim Fairchild, of the now defunct band Grandaddy, will once again be joining Modest Mouse. He will apparently be temporarily replacing Johnny Marr, who is currently playing with The Cribs. Marr still remains a full time member of Modest Mouse.

Source: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/modest-mouse-returning-to-the-road-1003935234.story