Seminal British rockers UFO have confirmed a new run of North American dates, kicking off this September in Santa Rosa, CA. The band will be touring North America in support of their greatest hits collection, Best Of a Decade which is out now on SPV/Steamhammer. UFO is also in the process of working on a new studio album which is scheduled for release in early 2012.

Providing direct support on the tour with be Brazilian rockers MINDFLOW. Tour dates include:

September

15 - Santa Rosa, CA - Last Day Saloon
16 - Sacramento/Orangevale, CA - Boardwalk
17 - Santa Clara, CA - Avalon
19 - Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theater
21 - Modesto, CA - The Fat Cat
23 - Las Vegas, NV - Boulder Station Casino
24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Key Club
29 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - The Coach House

October

1 - San Bernadino, CA - Orange Raceway
6 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
7 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio
8 - San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live

UFO's new set of five CDs, titled Chrysalis Years Volume 1 (1973-1979), is due for release on July 11th. Across 81 tracks, the set collects together all of the songs UFO recorded for Chrysalis Records during the 1970s. This 5 disc set chronologically charts UFO’s career, from the obscure 1973 German single ‘Give Her The Gun’, up to 1979’s hit single version of ‘Doctor Doctor’, backed with it’s live b-side, ‘On With The Action’ (available on CD for the first time).

Collecting together all five studio albums to feature wunderkid guitar virtuoso Michael Schenker (who was only 18 when he originally joined the band for 1974’s Phenomenon) this anthology also includes Force It (1975), No Heavy Petting (1976), Lights Out (1977) and Obsession (1978). As well as BBC radio sessions recorded for Bob Harris and John Peel, single edits and rare remixes, this collection boasts a previously unreleased 45 minute concert from UFO’s debut US tour. Recorded in 1974 at Atlanta’s Electric Ballroom, the multi-tracks for this concert were recently discovered in the Chrysalis vaults, and have been given a brand new mix at Abbey Road Studios.

Featuring rare live outings of ‘Give Her The Gun’, the pre-Chrysalis song ‘Prince Kujuku’, and most interestingly, UFO’s eight minute interpretation of John Lennon’s ‘Cold Turkey’, this gig offers a unique insight into the early days of this important and influential, British rock institution.

Completed by the top ten breakthrough double live album, Strangers In the Night, recorded on Michael Schenker’s “farewell” tour, the package also includes liner notes based on a recent interview with UFO vocalist, Phil Mogg.

Chrysalis Years Volume 1 (1973-1979) tracklisting:

Disc 1:

'Give Her The Gun' (Single A-Side)

'Sweet Little Thing' (Single B-Side)

'Oh My'

'Crystal Light'

'Doctor Doctor'

'Space Child'

'Rock Bottom'

'Too Young To Know'

'Time On My Hands'

'Built For Comfort'

'Lipstick Traces'

'Queen Of The Deep'

'Doctor Doctor' (Single Edit) *

Bob Harris session (October 28th, 1974):

'Rock Bottom'

'Time On My Hands'

'Give Her The Gun'

Disc 2:

Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA (November 5th, 1974)(Previously Unreleased):

'Oh My'

'Doctor Doctor'

' Built For Comfort'

'Give Her The Gun'

'Cold Turkey'

'Space Child'

'Rock Bottom'

'Prince Kujuku'

'Let It Roll'

'Shoot Shoot'

'High Flyer'

'Love Lost Love'

'Out In The Street'

Disc 3:

'Mother Mary'

'Too Much Of Nothing'

'Dance Your Life Away'

'This Kid's' (Including 'Between The Walls')

'Natural Thing'

'I'm A Loser'

'Can You Roll Her'

'Belladonna'

'Reasons Love'

'Highway Lady'

'On With The Action'

'A Fool In Love'

'Martian Landscape'

'Too Hot To Handle'

'Just Another Suicide'

'Try Me'

'Lights Out'

Disc 4:

'Gettin' Ready'

'Alone Again Or'

'Electric Phase'

'Love To Love'

'Try Me' (Single Remix) *

John Peel session (June 27th, 1977)

'Too Hot To Handle'

'Lights Out'

'Try Me'

'Only You Can Rock Me'

'Pack It Up (And Go)'

'Arbory Hill'

'Ain't No Baby'

'Lookin' Out For No 1'

'Hot 'N' Ready'

'Cherry'

'You Don't Fool Me'

'Lookin' Out For No 1' (Reprise)

'One More For The Rodeo'

'Born To Lose'

'Only You Can Rock Me' (Single Version) *

Disc 5

'Natural Thing'

'Out In The Street'

'Only You Can Rock Me'

'Doctor Doctor'

'Mother Mary'

'This Kid's'

'Love To Love'

'Lights Out'

'Rock Bottom'

'Too Hot To Handle'

'I'm A Loser'

'Let It Roll'

'Shoot Shoot'

'Doctor Doctor' (Live Single Edit)

'On With The Action' (Live Single B-Side) *

* - Available on CD for the first time