Paul Collins Gets Ready For Midwest Tour In February

Paul Collins, one of the originators of the high-energy sound known as power pop and co-founder of The Nerves, The Breakaways and The Beat, will be kicking off a Midwest tour on February 18th in Milwaukee with the Lafayette, IN-based garage-pop rockers The Half Rats, just prior to Paul Collins Beat tour of Japan and Australia in March and April.

"King Of Power Pop!," on Alive Records, is Collins' latest studio album and it's a complete return to his roots - to power pop, the sound he helped create and popularize, a sound that has seen a resurgence in recent years, a sound that is here to stay.

Audio: Paul Collins - "Do You Wanna Love Me?"

PAUL COLLINS BEAT / THE HALF RATS 2011 MIDWEST TOUR DATES

• 02.18 MILWAUKEE, WI - CLUB GARIBALDI (W/ THE MID WEST BEAT)
• 02.19 CHICAGO, IL - SUBTERRANEAN (W/ THE SLEEPOVERS)
• 02.20 LAFAYETTE, IN - THE BLACK SPARROW (W/ ERIC & THE HAPPY THOUGHTS)
• 02.21 BLOOMINGTON, IN - THE BISHOP (W/ CHARLIE & THE SKUNKS)
• 02.22 INDIANAPOLIS, IN - THE VOLLRATH
• 02.23 COLUMBUS, OH - THE SUMMIT (W/ EXWHITES / PAUL DULL & HIS MEDIA WHORES)
• 02.24 CLEVELAND, OH - NOW THAT'S CLASS (W/ THE WOLLY BULLIES)
• 02.25 DETROIT, MI - LAGER HOUSE (W/ THE SIGHTS)
• 02.26 KALAMAZOO, MI - LOUIE'S (W/ AMOEBAS)

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