The band dropped the tour to work on their sophomore album instead.
The band explained the reason behind the cancelation in a message posted on their MySpace page.
“It is with no little remorse and disappointment that we are compelled to cancel these dates.
Bassist Adam Schlesinger recently told Billboard that the band hoped to release the new album sometime in 2009.
“We still have a ways to go, but we have eight songs that are relatively close to complete now. We’re looking to regroup after the New Year and do the second batch,” Schlesinger told Billboard.
“I think we’re trying some different things on this record, but we’re still the same band, to me. It’s kind of too early to say what direction it’s going to as a whole.”
The short 3-day jaunt will see both bands’ play at colleges in Carrboro, NC, Gainesville, FL, and Nashville, TN.
All shows are open to the public with only a $5 entry fee.
The tour is sponsored by Green Label Sound, a singles only music label.
Both the Cool Kids and Matt and Kim released singles on the label this year.
The singles are free to download now via Green Label Sound’s website.
The band has announced several tour dates to take place in Europe and Australia early next year.
In other Of Montreal news, the band will perform “An Eluardian Instance” on the Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday, December 18th.
They have also announced a new EP entitled ‘Jon Brion Remix EP‘ which will be released digitally on January 6 with a traditional CD release on January 27.
The Followill boys, who are set to kick off their European tour December 1, will return to the States for a six date jaunt.
The U.S. tour, in support of their fourth album ‘Only By The Night‘, will kick of January 20 in Louisville, KY and will include stops in Indianapolis, Kansas, Chicago and Columbus, OH before wrapping up on January 29 in New York.
The January 29 date in New York will see the boys play the world famous Madison Square Garden.
The free shows, sponsored by music website Shockhound, will take place in Arizona, Las Vegas and San Diego.
A limited number of free tickets for the forthcoming shows will be available on ShockHound.com on a first-come, first-serve basis starting November 21, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. PST.
The band have confirmed three shows set to take place next year.
The first two dates announced will take place in Mexico City on March 15 and 16 and a third date will take place March 27 in Santiago, Chile.
More dates have yet-to-be announced.
The jaunt, which kicks off January 28 in New York, will see the singer play dates in several major cities including Orlando, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland.
The tour will be in support of his forthcoming album, ‘Noble Beast‘, due out January 27, 2009.
Auerbach, who makes half of the Black Keys duo, will release his album, ‘Keep It Hid‘, on February 10, 2009.
The release will be followed by a tour in support of the debut which kicks off February 28 in Washington.
Auerbach both produced and engineered the record himself.
The singer, who suffers from Asperger Syndrome, has seen his mental condition deteriorate over the past month.
The announcement came via the band’s website, which read:
“It is with a great deal of regret that The Vines today announced that they have cancelled all of their Australian festival appearances - Homebake, Pyramid Rock and Big Day Out - and their forthcoming Japanese tour scheduled for late November .
