311, the Southern California quintet who season their rock & roll with reggae and hip-hop, are breaking out of the studio and hitting the road. Their upcoming U.S. tour will begin Sept. 20, and will hit club/small theater-sized venues. The band's fifth album, Soundsystem, produced by the legendary Hugh Padgham (David Bowie, the Police, XTC), makes its way into record stores on Oct. 12.

311's upcoming fall tour:

9/20: Nashville, 328 Performance Hall
9/21: Knoxville, Tenn., Mooses
9/22: Charlottesville, Va.; Trax
9/24: Hartford, Conn., Meadows Music Theater (WMRQ Big Day Off)
9/25: Washington, D.C., RFK Stadium (HFStival)
9/26: Boston, Civic Center
10/3: Ventura, Calif., Ventura Theater
10/9: Portland, Ore., Roseland Theater
10/10: Vancouver, The Rage
10/13: Salt Lake City, DV8
10/19: Omaha, Neb., Sokol Hall
10/20: Lawrence, Kan., The Bottleneck
10/21: Kansas City, Mo., Uptown Theater
10/22: Columbia, Mo., Blue Note
10/29: Birmingham, Ala., Five Points South Music Hall
10/31: Atlanta, Tabernacle
11/3: North Myrtle Beach, S.C., House of Blues
11/4: Winston-Salem, N.C., Ziggy's
11/5: Norfolk, Va., Boathouse
11/6: Washington, D.C., Nation
11/12: Worcester, Mass., Palladium
11/15: New York, N.Y., Irving Plaza
11/22: Pittsburgh, Pa., Metropol
11/24: Detroit, Mich., St. Andrews Hall
11/25: Cleveland, Ohio, Agora Ballroom
11/26: Columbus, Ohio, Newport Music Hall
11/27: Cincinnati, Ohio, Bogarts
11/30: Baton Rogue, La., Varsity Theater
12/1: New Orleans, La., House of Blues

BILL CRANDALL
(August 31, 1999)