The Cult Playing Love In Entirety On Tour

The Cult will mount North American and European tours this year with the main attraction being the performance of 1985's Love — which featured the hits "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Rain" — in its entirety.

The Love Live Tour will include Canadian stops in Abbotsford, B.C., Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto. No ticket information is yet available.

"The band is redefining the live album experience with the Love Live Tour; nothing is comparable to witnessing The Cult, fully engaged in the live creation of arguably their seminal album," said band manager Tom Vitorino.

The Cult emerged from Southern Death Cult and released their Dreamtime debut in 1984. Over the years, they've released eight albums and have broken up and reunited several times, and have gone through various members.

The latest lineup is made up of singer Ian Astbury, guitarists Billy Duffy and Mike Dimkich, ex-White Zombie drummer John Tempesta and bassist Chris Wyse.

The British group's last album was 2007's Born Into This. They're apparently working on a new record that could come out later this year.

The Cult will play these dates prior to their Love Live tour:

July 4 El Paso, TX @ Street Festival
July 10 Lockport, NY @ Ulrich City Centre
July 11 Atlantic City, NJ @ House Of Blues

Here are The Cult's Love Live tour dates:

Aug. 19 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
Aug. 21 Phoenix, AZ @ The Celebrity Theatre
Aug. 22 Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theater
Aug. 23 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theater
Aug. 25 Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom
Aug. 26 Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre
Aug. 28 Abbotsford, BC @ AG-REC Building
Aug. 29 Calgary, AB @ Flames Central
Aug. 30 Edmonton, AB @ River Creek Event Centre
Sept. 1 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Sept. 2 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
Sept. 4 Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
Sept. 5 Austin, TX @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q
Sept. 6 Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
Sept. 7 Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
Sept. 9 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Sept. 11 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Sept. 12 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
Sept. 13 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
Sept. 25 Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseu Dos Recreios
Sept. 26 Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera
Sept. 27 Valencia, Spain @ Tingalo 2
Sept. 30 Zagreb, Croatia @ Dom Sportova
Oct. 2 Paris, France @ Le Bataclan
Oct. 4 Copenhagen, Denmark @ DR Koncerthuset
Oct. 6 Leeds, England @ O2 Academy Leeds
Oct. 7 Edinburgh, Scotland @ The Picture House
Oct. 8 Wolverhampton, England @ Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Oct. 10 London, England @ Royal Albert Hall
Oct. 11 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall