Moby returns with new album, spring tour

Electronica guru Moby backs his just-released album with a spring run on the North American club and theater circuit.

The tour launches in mid-April, and dates so far stretch into early May. Details are shown below.

The jaunt backs Moby's fifth studio album, "Hotel," which landed in stores Tuesday (3/22). The set features the singles "Beautiful" and "Lift Me Up."

"We've been rehearsing a lot, and I have to say that I'm quite happy with the way things are sounding," Moby wrote in an early March message posted at his website. "The set will be a combination of songs from 'Hotel,' 'Play' and '18,' with some older dance tracks thrown in as well (i.e. 'Go,' 'Feeling So Real')."

Recorded and mixed last year at Moby's apartment, as well as at New York City's Electric Lady Studios and Loho Studios, "Hotel" is a departure for Moby in that it contains no vocal samples, a fixture on his previous works. Instead, Moby--in addition to playing all instruments on the set except for live drums, which Scott Frassetto handled--laid down lead vocals on 10 cuts, and dueted with Laura Dawn on two other numbers.

Rounding out the set's 14 tracks are two instrumentals.

Streaming samples from "Hotel" are available at the album's official website.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
 tour dates and tickets
April 2005
11 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
12 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
14 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
15 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
16 - Boston, MA - Avalon
17 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
18 - Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
20 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
22 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre
23 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
24 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
25 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
27 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
28 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Hotel - The Joint
30 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater

May 2005
1 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
3 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
4 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
6 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
7 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG
8 - San Diego, CA - 4th & B

 tour dates and tickets
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