Billed as "Eels with Strings," the show apparently will not be a rock concert, according to a tour announcement from Everett.

"The past few Eels tours had taken a physical and emotional toll on me," Everett said during a late-March press conference. "I decided it was time to stop. But then one night I was in the backyard smoking a cigar with [my dog] Bobby, Jr., and I was thinking about how we've been pummeling the audiences with variations on a distorted, rocking theme for the past few tours and wouldn't it be nice to do something really different?

"I found myself getting creatively excited about the idea. I couldn't stop myself from calling the office and having my team of experts assist me in making this idea a reality. So here we come again. If you're looking for rock--turn back. You've come to the wrong place. This is a whole other thing."

During a recent Los Angeles-area warm-up gig for the tour, Everett hit the stage with a female string quartet and two male multi-instrumentalists, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Released in late April, "Blinking Lights and Other Revelations" is Eels' sixth studio set, and the follow-up to 2003's "Shootenany." The new album--a two-disc collection--features the cuts "Railroad Man (The Tonight Show)" and "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)," the music videos for which are streaming at Vagrant Records' website.