update: Tesla [ tickets ] has announced thirteen new tour dates that will kick off in late March and run through early April. The dates comprise the second leg of the band�s current reunion tour, which began on Feb. 16.

The first leg of the tour is scheduled to wrap up on March 3. A break follows before the group takes to the road again for the newly announced second leg on March 23.

The Sacramento-based band--which broke up in 1996--performed its first reunion show last October before a sold-out crowd at its hometown's Arco Arena. The subsequent handful of shows went well enough that the band chose to embark on a full-fledged reunion tour in 2001. Many dates on the first leg of the outing have been sold out, according to the group�s publicist. The tour is booked into clubs and theaters.

Tesla is considering recording a new live album or an album of cover songs, according to the group�s publicist. The band's 1995 greatest hits compilation, �Times Makin� Changes: The Best of Tesla� (Geffen), was gold-certified last November by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping 500,000 copies.

More tour dates are expected soon, according to a band press release.