Touring to support their slash-and-burn self-titled return to hardcore, Rancid have announced plans to hit the West Coast on the second leg of their first tour in two years. The band's last West Coast appearance didn't even include the full group, as only singers/guitarists Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredericksen were onstage during a Buju Banton show in Hollywood in September. Kicking off Nov. 26 in Tucson, Ariz., Rancid's tour hits eleven cities before wrapping Dec. 9 in San Francisco, near the band's native Berkeley.

Rancid tour dates:

11/26: Tucson, AZ, Convention Center
11/29: Cambridge, MA, The Middle East
11/30: Seattle, WA, DV8
12/1: Boise, ID, The Big Easy
12/2: Salt Lake City, UT, Bricks
12/3: Denver, CO, Ogden Theater
12/5: Tempe, AZ, Club Rio
12/6: Las Vegas, NV, House of Blues
12/7: San Diego, CA, Cane's Bar & Grill
12/8: Los Angeles, CA, Palladium
12/9: San Francisco, CA, Warfield Theater

JENNIFER VINEYARD
(November 17, 2000)