UPDATE: Three more(!) Summerstage shows have been added since this post, buy tickets here.

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks at the 2008 Siren Music Festival (07/19/08)

Photo: Jon Klemm

So on Tuesday the Internets were buzzing with rumors of a possible Pavement reunion, and much to everyone’s surprise that story was confirmed on Wednesday by Pitchfork, and then again early on Thursday by the Beggars Group, and finally one more time late in the day on Thursday in an email from City Parks Foundation (the folks behind Summerstage) themselves. Here’s the pertinent part from the Matador press release:

The first show announced is a New York performance on September 21, 2010 at Central Park SummerStage. A pre-sale begins at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, September 18, 2009. The password for the pre-sale is ZOWEE click hereto purchase tickets! The general on-sale is slated for 10:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, September 25, 2009. Please note that tickets will be available without surcharges from the Nokia Theatre box office in Times Square and from Earwax at 218 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.

Please visit www.crookedrain.com for details on this on-sale as well as all Pavement news as it develops. Please visit www.SummerStage.org for more information regarding the 2010 festival. Pavement’s September 21, 2010 show is a benefit show to support the FREE programs of Central Park SummerStage.

That’s right folks, it’s the first show of a world tour, it’s in New York, and tickets go on presale starting Friday, September 18 at 10AM EDT (Buy Tickets), the password is ZOWEE.

More pictures of Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks from the 2008 Village Voice Siren Festival (that I actually didn’t even realize I hadn’t published) after the jump.