The tour's name is a clever spin on the Guns 'N Roses tune "November Rain," and since GNR has finally decided to release its long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy," this month, Every Time I Die thought it fitting to point out the coincidence.

"Thanks a s---load Axl [Rose]," ETID said in a tongue-in-cheek open letter to the Guns 'N Roses frontman. "You haven't put out a GNR record in 10 years and the month we decide to go out on a tour cleverly named 'November Reign,' you find it prime time for 'Chinese Democracy' to hit shelves. You couldn't have waited another 3 weeks? We haven't done a single headlining tour on 'The Big Dirty' so this was a really big deal for us."

The letter, which also announces Every Time I Die's touring schedule, concludes with, "p.s., you rock."

"The Big Dirty," ETID's fourth full-length studio album, surfaced last fall and reached No. 41 on The Billboard 200. Several selections from the disc--produced by Steve Evetts (Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura)--can be found at the band's MySpace page.

The Buffalo, NY-based rockers, founded in 1998 by brothers Keith and Jordan Buckley, recently became free agents after fulfilling their obligation to Ferret Music.

''We are talking to some labels right now; I think people will be very pleased to know that it looks like we will not be signing with a major," vocalist Keith Buckley told Rock Sound in a recent interview.

He added that Every Time I Die intends to start writing material for a new album at the end of this year.