The Dears have already toured North America, Europe and Australia behind No Cities Left, and the Montreal rockers will head back across the U.S. beginning May 24th in Los Angeles.

"It's good to go completely around the world and experience different lives," says frontman Murray Lightburn, whose band has shared bills with the likes of Morrissey, the Soundrack of Our Lives and Keane. "We just got offers to do a couple of shows in Russia . . . so, actually, there are more cities left."

Formed a decade ago, the Dears are longtime critical favorites, but their orchestral-tinged rock has just begun to win over the public. "When you actually get out there and the crowd knows the songs and is really into it," Lightburn says, "that's where it hits you."

The Dears will be road-testing new material on the tour, and they plan to begin recording the No Cities follow-up later this year. " The real challenge is to make an album that is more succinct but still epic," Lightburn says. "I think the album is about forgiveness and, I guess, a bit more of what No Cities Left was trying to get at: a big love that can save the world."

Dears U.S. tour dates:

5/24: Los Angeles, El Rey Theatre
5/25: San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
5/27: Seattle, Crocodile Cafe
5/28: Quincy, WA, the Gorge
5/30: Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Lounge
5/31: Denver, Climax Lounge
6/2: Lawrence, KS, Bottleneck
6/3: Minneapolis, MN, Ascot Room at the Quest
6/4: Chicago, the Metro
6/5: Detroit, Magic Stick
6/6: Cleveland, OH, the Grog Shop
6/11: New York, Bowery Ballroom
6/12: Boston, the Paradise
6/14: Philadelphia, North Star Bar
6/15: Baltimore, Fletcher's