Award-winning children's group The Wiggles [ tickets ] will bring their Monkey Dance back to the US this summer, this time focusing on the eastern half of the country.

Following tours of Europe and the group's native Australia, The Wiggles will launch their US stay July 26 in Reading, PA, and make their way down to Houston for an Aug. 26 finale. The jaunt includes two-night stands in East Rutherford, NJ; Bridgeport, CT; Philadelphia; and Rosemont, IL. Details are listed below.

The Wiggles' latest album, September's "Racing to the Rainbow," is the latest addition to the group's huge catalog of music, television, video and film projects that have youngsters singing, dancing and doing the "Hot Potato."

Now in their 16th year as a touring group, the yellow-, red-, purple- and blue-skivvy-wearing characters and their friends are enjoying wide international success, having sold more than 17 million DVDs and 4 million CDs worldwide, according to their bio. In addition to all of the musical projects, The Wiggles franchise has grown to include a multimillion-dollar amusement park on the Gold Coast of Australia and Wiggly Play Centres in Australia and Texas.

The group has also expanded into non-English-speaking countries with Taiwanese and Spanish-speaking versions of The Wiggles touring the world.

One of the band's co-founders, Greg Page--a.k.a. the Yellow Wiggle--was forced to retire late last year because of a health condition that causes problems with walking, balance, speech and coordination. He turned his yellow skivvy over to understudy Sam Moran, who has been with the group for nine years.