"Being in this band just makes it so easy to get lost in the music," frontman Chris Cornell said in a statement. "With Audioslave, I have really started to like being on the road and we are planning to tour a lot."

Cornell and company--guitarist Tom Morello, drummer Brad Wilk and bassist Tim Commerford--are slated to follow the U.S. club trek with a European jaunt that kicks off in late May and runs at least through early July. Details are available at the band's website.

Also posted at the site is a streaming version of a new song titled "Be Yourself," the first single from the group's new album, which is due out in May; neither a title for the album nor a specific release date has been announced.

The new album follows the band's 2002, self-titled debut, a platinum-certified set that spawned the hits "Cochise" and "Like a Stone."