Sam Roberts Band Launch Club Tour This Month

Sam Roberts and his merry men will support Tuesday's release of Chemical City with a small-scale Canadian club tour.

Sam Roberts Band grace the cover of this month's Chart. The new album's first single, "The Gate," topped the Canadian rock radio chart ahead of Chemical City's release. Roberts has sold more than 200,000 combined copies of his gold-certified The Inhuman Condition EP and the platinum We Were Born In A Flame LP in Canada. Roberts was named artist of the year and We Were Born In A Flame took the best album title at the 2004 Juno Awards in Edmonton.

Tickets have already gone on sale for Roberts' Ottawa show and they sold-out almost immediately. Tickets for the rest of the concerts will go on sale on Thursday.

Montreal space-pop ensemble Malajube and Australian alternative pop singer/songwriter Ben Lee will open various shows on the nine-date tour.

Here are the Sam Roberts Band's Canadian tour dates:

April 21 Ottawa, ON @ Capital Music Hall w/Malajube
April 27 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix w/Malajube
May 15 Winnipeg, MB @ Ramada Theatre w/Ben Lee
May 16 Saksatoon, SK @ Louis' Pub w/Ben Lee
May 17 Regina, SK @ Distrikt Nightclub w/Ben Lee
May 19 Calgary AB @ MacEwan Hall w/Ben Lee
May 20 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room w/Ben Lee
May 24 Victoria, BC @ Sugar w/Ben Lee
May 25 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/Ben Lee