Bam Margera's favorite band -- the Ville Valo-led, Finland-bred rock quintet H.I.M. -- will be back on North American soil this spring for a 14-date road trip that's scheduled to launch May 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The run includes two previously announced appearances: one at the Bamboozle Festival -- with Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, AFI, Hawthorne Heights, Thursday and others -- in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on May 7 (see [article id="1514325"]"Fall Out Boy, Motion City Soundtrack Good To Go For Bamboozle '06"[/article]), and one at the Sasquatch Music Festival in George, Washington, which is set for May 26. Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie and Queens of the Stone Age are also on the bill.

H.I.M. -- who toured the States last fall with Skindred and the now-defunct Finch in the opening slots -- continue with the promotion of their first proper U.S. release, Dark Light. The LP hit stores in late September and has sold more than 331,000 copies to date (see [article id="1510982"]"Finnish Rockers H.I.M. Say Everything They Do, They Do For Bam Margera"[/article]). Aiden's sophomore offering, Nightmare Anatomy, was released in October and has sold close to 56,000 copies.

This month, H.I.M. will be shooting a second video for the track "Killing Loneliness." The band has enlisted Nathan Cox (Linkin Park, Disturbed) to direct the video, which will include a cameo appearance by tattoo artist Kat Von D; she is one of the featured artists on the Discovery Channel's "Miami Ink" series and has made a name for herself as the go-to gal for H.I.M. fans who'd like to mark their bodies with the band's logo, the heartagram.

H.I.M. tour dates, according to the band's publicist:

• 5/2 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution