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Steely Dan sets up second leg of summer tour

Steely Dan has mapped out another round of dates that will support the group's forthcoming album, "Everything Must Go."

The newly added second leg kicks off on Sept. 10 and currently runs through Oct. 4. The tour's first leg launches on July 23 and runs through the end of August.

Ticket on-sale information is posted in the touring section at the band's official website.

Due in stores on June 10, "Everything Must Go" is Steely Dan's first new album since 2000's GRAMMY ®-winning "Two Against Nature."

Steely Dan leaders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen spent about a year recording the new set, which is a relatively short period of time for the two musicians, whose meticulous creative process has historically run much longer.

"We went for live tracking this time and got great, in-the-pocket tracks," Becker said in a statement.

Fagen and Becker recorded the album with drummer Keith Carlock, keyboardists Ted Baker and Bill Charlap, and guitarists Jon Herington and Hugh McCracken. Fagen, meanwhile, played keyboards and sang on all but one cut; Becker played bass and guitar, and--for the first time on a Steely Dan studio album--sang the lead-vocal track on one cut.

Elliot Scheiner, Dave Russell, Roger Nichols--all of whom received Best Engineering GRAMMYs for "Two Against Nature"--engineered the new set, along with newcomer T.J. Doherty. Schenier said in a statement that, rather than stick with the formula they used on the previous album, they changed some things up this time around.

"We did a few things differently," he said, "including tracking and mixing in analog instead of digital. That contributed to giving this album a really rich and satisfying sound"

"Two Against Nature," which was Steely Dan's first album of new material in 20 years, earned the group multiple GRAMMY awards, including Album of the Year.

Steely Dan entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 after mounting a three-year, tongue-in-cheek campaign on its official website, during which--according to their publicist--Fagen and Becker tried to influence Rock Hall voters with inducements such as a 3-M digital recorder, Fagen's childhood piano, and a case of honey mustard.