Fatboy Slim to play U.S. and U.K. club dates

LONDON-- Fatboy Slim has announced a series of club dates to support his third album "Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars," due in the U.K. on Nov. 6 and in the U.S. on Nov. 7.

The outing--dubbed The Stakes Are Too High for You to Stay at Home--will begin with a set at the Virgin Megastore in New York City on Nov. 6 and will end at the Big Boutique in Brighton, England, on Dec. 8.

Fatboy Slim's latest release was the single "Sunset (Bird of Prey)," which samples Doors vocalist Jim Morrison, and hit U.K. shops on Monday (10/16).

Before taking on the alias Fatboy Slim in 1996, Norman Cook was the bassist for the Housemartins and the founder of the acid house act Pizzaman. He released his first album as DJ Fatboy Slim, "Better Living Through Chemistry" in 1996.