Silversun Pickups

Credit: Dangerbird

The Silversun Pickups, who became one of the few indie bands to hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Songs chart last month with "Panic Switch," has added a slew of U.S. tour dates for August. Opening the shows will be the Manchester Orchestra and Cage the Elephant.

Additionally, the Pickups' "Unplugged" taping will begin airing on MTV.com in July.

Additional tour dates are:

August 2 -  Jersey City, N.J.  @ All Points West
August 3 - Baltimore, Md. @ Ram's Head
August 4 - Richmond, Va. @ The National
August 6 - Columbus, Ohio @ The LC Pavilion
August 7 - Lakewood, Ohio @ Lakewood Civic Auditorium *
August 9 - Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza
August 10 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ State Theatre
August 12 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Garrick Centre
August 13 - Saskatoon, SK @ Louis' Pub
August 14 - Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Event Centre
August 15 - Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
August 17 - Victoria, BC @ The Royal Theatre
August 18 - Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom
August 19 - Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom
August 21 - Eugene, Ore. @ McDonald Theatre
August 22 - Hillsboro, Ore. @ Washington County Fairground
August 28 -  San Francisco, Calif. @ Outside Lands Festival
August 29 - San Diego, Calif. @ San Diego Street Scene