Apparently the world *does* need another summer package tour. So, ignoring thepitiful returns from last summer's Lollapalooza and the one-and-done R.O.A.R.tour, Canadian demagogues Our Lady Peace are organizing an internationalfestival, tentatively called "Summersault," with their sites set on satingfans in their home country and generating new ones in the U.S.

While last summer's border-crossing EdgeFest tour was chock full of popularCanadian bands like OLP, Tea Party and I Mother Earth, the strategy for"Summersault" calls for OLP to headline at least four concerts in the easternregion of Canada, supported by five other modern rock acts who've achievedmass appeal in the U.S. or Great Britain but little north of the border. Then"Summersault" heads below the belt, to let an elite non-Canadian band headlinethe U.S. leg of the festival in just-south-of-the-border-cities like Seattle,Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo, with OLP to assuming a more supporting role.OLP manager Eric Lawrence has 20,000 to 25,000 seat venues in mind for thetour. In Lollapalooza and H.O.R.D.E. tradition, "Summersault" will feature asecond stage for less-established artists.

"It puts Our Lady Peace in a good position because we can offer up theopportunity to any American or U.K. bands to play four shows in front of thatmany people," Lawrence says. "But, in turn, let's take this thing into Americaand, if you're further along in America than [OLP], that band can go on stagelast." As of yet no bands have been contacted to appear on "Summersault,"which will likely begin in July, but Lawrence's wish list includes bands likeGreen Day, Garbage, Foo Fighters and the Verve.

In the U.S., Our Lady Peace's sophomore release, Clumsy, has just gonegold (500,000 copies sold) on the strength of the single "Superman's Dead" andthe title track. Impressive, but in less-populated Canada, OLP is more popularthan maple syrup, having sold nearly three-quarters of a million -- amountingto seven times platinum on the conversion scale.

"We can do shows now and play to about 1,500 people a night [in the U.S.],"Lawrence says, "but if we're able to flip something and end up playing to15,000 or 20,000 people, you can't lose."

BLAIR R. FISCHER