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My Morning Jacket Announce 20-Year Anniversary Edition of ‘Z’ & Concerts

My Morning Jacket will release a deluxe edition of their 2005 album Z this fall to commemorate the LP’s 20-year anniversary.

Out Oct. 3 via ATO Records, Z‘s expanded edition will include 14 musical and video outtakes, previously unreleased demos and more. The announcement comes in tandem with the release of “Where to Begin,” out Tuesday (Aug. 12) and originally written for and included on the soundtrack to the 2005 Cameron Crowe film Elizabethtown. Listen to the song below.

The project also comes with newly written liner notes by veteran music journalist David Fricke. The deluxe edition will be available digitally, on CD, and as a three album set on pink, coral and blue-colored vinyl. Pre-orders are available now.

As part of the anniversary, the band is also doing a run of shows where they’re playing Z in its entirety. These performances begin this week at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado on Aug. 15, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Aug. 19, at Brooklyn Paramount on Oct. 16, at The Salt Shed in Chicago on Oct. 26 and at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Nov. 1. These shows are happening amid My Morning Jacket’s wider tour for its most recent album, is, released in March.

“October 4 is the 20th anniversary of our album Z, It’s pretty wild to think about that,” James says in a statement. “To celebrate two decades of it being out in the ether, we’re excited to be turning five of our shows into special Z anniversary shows, where we’ll play that album – and some other songs, don’t worry – front to back.”

The Kentucky-born band’s fourth studio album, Z spent six weeks on the Billboard 200, where it reached No. 67.

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