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No Doubt Announce 10 Dates For Summer Tour

Outing in support of Return of Saturn will feature opening acts Lit, Black Eyed Peas.

Pop-rockers No Doubt have announced 10 dates for a summer U.S. tour in support of their new album, Return of Saturn.

The Southern California quartet, who will complete a three-week club tour this weekend, will play amphitheaters on an extensive outing slated to kick off June 5 in Dallas. Rockers Lit and hip-hoppers Black Eyed Peas will be supporting acts. More dates are expected to be announced soon.

Return of Saturn, due Tuesday, offers a fresh mix of new-wave pop that reveals the band's growth since its 1995 breakthrough, Tragic Kingdom. That album has sold 15 million copies worldwide, thanks to such hits as "Just a Girl" and "Don't Speak."

While keeping with the band's signature sound, Return explores new textures, ranging from the hip-hop punk of the first single, "Ex-Girlfriend" (RealAudio excerpt), to the ragtime pop of "Bathwater" (RealAudio excerpt).

After spending two years in the studio recording the album, No Doubt are enjoying their return to the road, guitarist Tom Dumont said recently. "We've been away [from performing] for so long, it's just really cool to see people get into it," he said.

About half of No Doubt's club tour setlist is new material, but Dumont and drummer Adrian Young said they're looking forward to playing the new songs once fans have had some time with the album.

"When we play the new stuff now, [the crowd is] definitely more sedate at that point in the set," Dumont said. "But hopefully they're just listening and not bumming out. It's not easy to hear a song for the first time and try to adjust to it on the spot."

No Doubt will make several television, radio and Internet appearances in the coming weeks, starting with an online chat Monday (April 10) at twec.com at 10 p.m. EDT as well as an appearance on USA Network's "Farmclub.com" TV show that same night.

Tuesday. the foursome will give an acoustic performance at a fan conference at the Artist Direct Network (www.artistdirect.com).

They'll also perform at an in-store appearance Thursday at the Costa Mesa, Calif., Virgin Megastore.

The group's relaunched Web site (www.nodoubt.com) features an exclusive download of a B-side track, "Under Construction," as well as footage from the band's short tour last year.

No Doubt tour dates:

June 5; Dallas, Texas; Starplex Amphitheater

June 9; Atlanta, Ga.; Tabernacle

June 11; Charlotte, N.C.; Blockbuster Pavilion

June 12; Virginia Beach, Va.; GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater

June 15; Baltimore Md.; Merriweather Post Pavilion

July 15; Denver, Colo.; Red Rocks

July 25; Sacramento, Calif.; Sacramento Valley Amphitheater

July 26; San Jose, Calif.; SJSU Events Center

July 28; Berkeley, Calif.; Greek Theater

Aug. 5; Irvine, Calif.; Irvine Meadows Amphitheater

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