Alt-rockers Gomez have lined up a late winter North American headlining tour as they continue to support their latest studio release, “A New Tide.”

The British outfit will set out March from from Chicago, hitting nine US markets and one Canadian city on the trek, which concludes March 21 at the tail end of a two-night stand in Los Angeles. Hihghlights of the road trip include two nights (3/14-15) in Seattle and a March 17-19 engagement in San Francisco. Dates are below. Presale tickets for all dates are currently available, with the exception of the Vancouver date, which is already on sale to the public.

Gomez’s sixth and latest full-length album, “A New Tide,” surfaced earlier this year. The studio set follows 2006′s “How We Operate,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart.

Co-produced by the band and Brian Deck (Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse), “A New Tide” features guest performances from several musicians, including Amy Milan of Stars and Broken Social Scene, bassist John Abrams, cellist Oliver Krauss and multi-instrumentalist Stuart Bogie of Brooklyn’s Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra.

In 2006, Gomez also released “Five Men in a Hut,” a career-spanning, 2-CD set featuring UK singles, B-sides and previously unreleased material. A companion DVD of the same name chronicles all the videos the quintet made with Virgin imprint Hut Records and includes live performance and interview footage.

March 2010
4 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
5 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
6 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe
8 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
9 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up
12 – Vancouver, British Columbia – The Orpheum
13, 14 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
15 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
17-19 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
20, 21 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre

Tjames Madison / LiveDaily Contributor