Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco announced a Spring US tour today, in preparation for his upcoming album LupE.N.D., due in 2009. The month-long tour begins on April 3rd in Grand Rapids, Mich. and wraps up on May 3rd in Amherst, Mass. The tour will be confined to the east coast and will comprise mostly of stops on college campuses, with the exception of an appearence on Sunday, April 19th at California’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Lupe Fiasco tour dates:

02.27 – Trenton, NJ, College of New Jersey

04.03 – Grand Rapids, MI, Calvin College (Van Noord Arena)

04.04 – Charleston, IL, Eastern Illinois University (Lantz Arena)

04.17 – Colchester, VT, St. Michael’s College (Ross Sports Center)

04.19 – Indio, CA, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

04.23 – Blacksburg, VA, Burruss Auditorium

04.24 – Jamaica, NY, St. John’s University (Carnesecca Sports Center)

04.28 – Worcester, MA, College of the Holy Cross (Hart Center)

05.03 – Amherst, MA, Mullins Center