As Harvey Danger considers directors and treatments for its next single, "Private Helicopter," the band is already looking forward to being elevated from being an opening act for others to headlining its own tour, which starts on September 10 in Buffalo, New York.

The Seattle band has yet to settle on a concept for the video for "Helicopter," the follow-up to Danger's break-through single, "Flagpole Sitta," but is clear about the message of the song, a paean to love lost.

"It's about that one moment after you've gone to bed ... alone," vocalist Sean Nelson told the MTV Radio Network,

Joining Harvey Danger on the road will be Creeper Lagoon and Spoon until October 2, at which point Actionslacks and Death Cab for Cutie assume the opening gig. The dates just announced for Harvey Danger's fall tour:

  • 9/10 - Buffalo, NY @ The Funhouse
  • 9/11 - Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
  • 9/12 - Boston, MA @ TBA
  • 9/13 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
  • 9/15 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
  • 9/16 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 club
  • 9/17 - Richmond, VA @ The Floodzone
  • 9/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts
  • 9/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ TBA
  • 9/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Cotton Club
  • 9/22 - Nashville, TN @ 328 Music Hall
  • 9/23 - New Orleans, LA @ Howlin' Wolf
  • 9/24 - Houston, TX @ Numbers
  • 9/25 - Austin, TX @ Liberty Lunch
  • 9/27 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
  • 9/29 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
  • 9/30 - San Diego, CA @ Cane's
  • 10/1 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Athletic Club
  • 10/2 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
  • 10/3 - Sacramento, CA @ Big Shots
  • 10/9 - Portland, OR @ LaLuna
  • 10/10 - Olympia, WA @ Capitol Theater
  • 10/11 - Seattle, WA @ RKCNDY