Rockers Kings of Leon have announced their January and February tour dates.

Tickets are available here

The scheduled dates are below:

Tue, Jan. 20th, 2009 07:30 PM Louisville Palace (Louisville, KY)

Wed, Jan. 21st, 2009 08:00 PM Murat Theatre (Indianapolis, IN)

Fri, Jan. 23rd, 2009 08:00 PM Uptown Theater – MO (Kansas City, MO)

Sat, Jan. 24th, 2009 06:00 PM House Of Blues IL (Chicago, IL)

Mon, Jan. 26th, 2009 07:30 PM MSU Auditorium (East Lansing, MI)

Tue, Jan. 27th, 2009 07:00 PM Lifestyle Communities Pavilion- Promowest (Columbus, OH)

Thu, Jan. 29th, 2009 08:00 PM Madison Square Garden (New York, NY)

Fri, Feb. 20th, 2009 08:00 PM Olympia Hall (Paris, France)

Kings of Leon are a Grammy-nominated rock band from Columbia, Tennessee. The band is made up of three brothers – Caleb Followill (lead singer/rhythm guitar), Nathan Followill (drums/backup vocals), Jared Followill (bass guitar/backup vocals/synthesizer) – and their first cousin Matthew Followill (lead guitar/backup vocals). The band’s sound derives from southern rock, garage rock, hard rock and blues. They have released four full-length albums. The group’s name is derived from Nathan, Caleb and Jared’s father and grandfather, both named Leon.  In terms of chart positions the band has been far more popular in Europe (notably the UK & Ireland) than their homeland.

Their most recent album is Only by the Night was released September 23, 2008.  The Amazon.com review for this album says "Only by the Night may be the closest thing to a pitch-perfect album to drop in 2008".  The the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1, with sales of over 220,000 copies.

In early 2009 Kings of Leon will return to Australia and New Zealand for headlining shows in support of Only By The Night. Large arena tours will be held in the Australian cities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle and Perth; as well as the New Zealand cities of Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.