The Roots kick off the tour to North America and Europe

NEW YORK (Roots Official Website) - The Roots , who continually tour even when in between releases, will hit the road in February in support of their latest album, Phrenology, which is No 76 on the US albums chart. The first single from Phrenology, "Break You Off" featuring Musiq, is on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

The group is scheduled to kick off the tour on February 2 in Detroit, Michigan. Hopefully things will go smoothly, unlike the group's initial outing on the Area: One tour in 2001.
Group drummer and producer Guestlove shared that the group had some technical difficulties that time out. ["Probably the biggest monkey wrench of this particular tour is just the technical end of not really having a chance to iron out all the wrinkles of a digital soundboard and that type of thing," Questlove said. "We're kind of accustomed to certain equipment that we use. Other than that, it's very minor, you know?"

The Roots tour dates (subject to change):
February 2 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre
February 3 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Laga
February 7 - Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Apparel Mart
February 11 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
February 12 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre
February 13 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
February 14 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
February 15 - Lawrence, KS - Abe And Jake's Landing
February 16 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
February 27 - West Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues
March 10 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues
March 22 - Hamburg, GER - Grosse Freiheit 36
March 23 - Cologne, GER - E-Werk
March 24 - Berlin, GER - Columbiahalle
March 25 - Munich, GER - Georg Elser Halle
March 28 - Manchester. UK - Manchester University
March 29 - London, UK - Brixton Academy
March 30 - Bristol, UK - Bristol Academy
April 1 - Brussels, BEL - Ancienne Belgique
April 4 - Paris, FRA - Le Zenith
April 26 - Burlington, VT - University Of Vermont