For fans of Brazilian music, the upcoming shows by trio Os Mutantes are the equivalent of a Beatles reunion. This morning, it was announced that, after their first show since 1973 at the Barbican museum in London on May 22, 2006, and a pair of U.S. dates (in New York and LA, natch), the seminal Tropicalia band will also perform in San Francisco, Chicago, and, on Wednesday, July 26, at the Moore Theater in Seattle.

The full press release from V2-Artemis Records (which distributes Luaka Bop, home of the Os Mutantes primer Everything Is Possible) follows…

that's right--"everything IS possible"

for the first time since 1973 ---tropicalia, psych rock pioneers os mutantes to tour

from today's pitchfork home page. see text below. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/

full tour dates:

Friday, July 21st- Webster Hall, NYC
Sunday, July 23rd- Hollywood Bowl, L.A.
Monday, July 24th- The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
Wednesday, July 26th- Moore Theatre, Seattle
Sunday, July 30th- Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Chicago
Os Mutantes Added to Pitchfork Music Festival Lineup!

Amy Phillips reports:
The Pitchfork Music Festival, taking place July 29 and 30 in Chicago's Union Park, isn't only going to be two days of happy people getting drunk and rocking out. It's also going to be an historic event.

We are honored and delighted to announce that Brazilian Tropicália gods Os Mutantes, reunited and performing live for the first time since 1973, will play the second day of the Pitchfork Music Festival. The psych-rock pioneers have scheduled just a handful of shows this summer, and we have been lucky enough to score their only American festival appearance. As Os Mutantes themselves once said, everything is possible--including getting to see a group of living legends play on the same bill as members of the younger musical generation they helped inspire, all for a ridiculously low ticket price.