The group--which features Petty, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, and original Mudcrutch members Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh--kicks off the run April 12 in Malibu, CA, as part of a benefit bill for The Midnight Mission homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles. The band has lined up 11 dates, all of them in California. The full schedule is below.

Pre-sale tickets are available beginning tomorrow (3/21) for members of the Highway Companion Club, Petty's online fan club. Check the club's website for more information.

Mudcrutch is picking up where it left off more than 30 years ago, when Petty and guitarist Tom Leadon formed a new act in 1970 following their exit from another band, The Epics. Guitarist Campbell and drummer Marsh joined soon after, and keyboardist Tench signed on in 1973.

Mudcrutch released a pair of singles in 1973 and 1975, respectively, but never recorded a full album. Last August, according to an article in Nashville's Tennessean newspaper, Petty provided the impetus for the band to reunite and head back into the recording studio.

"It was just entirely unexpected," Leadon, now a Nashville-based guitar instructor, told the paper. "It was like a dream, the whole thing. Tom couldn't have been nicer. It was great to hang out with him again."

The group's self-titled debut, containing 14 tracks, will hit stores April 29.