Counting Crows [ tickets ] so far have focused their 2004 touring efforts outside the U.S., but that will change in late June, when the Adam Duritz-led pop-rockers open a tour focusing on outdoor venues in California and Nevada.

In July, the group performs at Camp Jeep festivals in California and Virginia, two off-road themed events sponsored by the auto maker.

So far this year, Counting Crows have played dates in Europe and South Africa, with more European shows ahead. A planned tour of Australia was called off last month after Duritz's grandmother died at age 94, but more European dates are planned for mid-June.

Among the upcoming European dates is a June 20 appearance at London's Fleadh festival, which Bob Dylan headlines.

Counting Crows continue to back last year's "Films About Ghosts," a collection of previously released hits from the group's four studio albums. Also included is the hard-to-find track "Einstein on the Beach," a cover of The Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil" and the new original song "She Didn't Want Nobody Near."

The group's most-recent studio release is 2002's "Hard Candy," which spawned the band's hit version of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi." Vanessa Carlton guests on the cut.