British indie-rockers Bloc Party [ tickets ] have sketched out plans for a return to the US this spring after an injury to the band's drummer forced the cancellation of most of the group's previous tour.

While the new dates are not technically make-up dates for previously cancelled shows, the band will attempt to hit many of the locations it wasn't able to perform in following drummer Matt Tong's hospitalization in November for a collapsed lung. The remainder of the band's co-headlining tour with Panic! At the Disco was cancelled at the time.

Bloc Party will kick things off March 11 in Seattle, with 12 cities currently on the itinerary, including a March 15 appearance at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX.

The group will have a new album to back on the March dates. Set for a Feb. 6 release, "A Weekend in the City" follows Bloc Party's 2005 full-length debut, "Silent Alarm."

The first single from the new album, "The Prayer," hit radio stations in December. The video for the song can be viewed at Bloc Party's official website.