Boy band newcomers O-Town will launch their first-ever U.S. tour on February 22nd in San Diego. The Making the Band band's self-titled debut was released two weeks ago, landing at No. 5 on the album charts in its first week of release before slipping to No. 20 last week.

The twenty-three date tour will wrap up mid-March.

O-Town tour dates:

2/22: San Diego, Sea World
2/23-24: Los Angeles, The Palace
2/25: San Francisco, The Fillmore
2/26: Redding, CA, Convention Center
3/1: Denver, Paramount Theater
3/2: Omaha, Sokol Auditorium
3/4: St. Louis, The Paegent
3/5: Milwaukee, Riverside Theater
3/6: Chicago, House of Blues
3/7: Detroit, Clutch Cargo's
3/8: Pittsburgh, Metropol
3/10: Cleveland, Lakeland Civic Auditorium
3/11: Scranton, PA, Cultural Center
3/12: Boston, Avalon
3/14: Long Island, NY, Westbury Music Fair
3/15: Philadelphia, Electric Factory
3/16: New York, Hammerstein Ballroom
3/18: Atlanta, Tabernacle Stage
3/19: New Orleans, House of Blues
3/20: Birmingham, Five Points
3/21: Charlotte, Ovens Auditorium
3/22: Virginia Beach, Norva

ANDREW DANSBY
(February 9, 2001)