New No Doubt Album Hits Stores, Tour Dates Surface

Southern California ska-pop outfit No Doubt has assembled an extensive North American amphitheater tour that will keep the band on the road from early June through early August in support of the just-released album "Return of Saturn." Alt-rockers Lit and alt-rappers Black Eyed Peas have signed on as opening acts.

Tickets to nine of the shows are scheduled to go on sale Friday and Saturday (4/14-15). Additional on-sale dates weren't immediately available.

"Ex-Girlfriend," the first single from "Return of Saturn," is a hit on alternative rock radio; its video has garnered significant airplay on MTV. The album comes five years after the release of the quartet's smash breakthrough, ''Tragic Kingdom.''

No Doubt will wrap up a short theater tour with two concerts this week: a Friday (4/14) stop at the Universal Amphitheatre near Los Angeles and a Saturday (4/15) gig at The Warfield in San Francisco.

The band is also scheduled to perform at the Virgin Megastore in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Thursday (4/13). Only those with wristbands--which were distributed to those who either bought a copy of "Return of Saturn" at the store at midnight today (4/11) or won a contest on Los Angeles radio station KROQ--will be admitted to the performance.

No Doubt will make an appearance on NBC-TV's ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on Wednesday (4/12).