Kings of Leon have extended their current North American tour into the summer in support of their fourth album, “Only By The Night.”

The southern rockers, who are in the midst of a spring trek that takes them to Europe in June, will return to their home continent in August for six newly-added dates.

These include three Canadian stops: Edmonton on Aug. 12, Calgary on Aug. 13 and Vancouver on Aug. 15. Tickets for those shows went on sale Friday.

Released last September, “Only By The Night” debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart and received three Grammy nominations, including best album. The band eventually took home a win for best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals for the single “Sex on Fire.”

The foursome have already begun writing songs for a new album, which guitarist Matthew Followill says may be “a little grungier” than their previous releases. “We’re touring until the end of this year so we can’t start until 2010 but it’ll come out probably fall of 2010,” Followill told BBC 6 Music recently.

Here are King of Leon’s newly-announced North American dates:

- Aug. 9 – Morrison, CO (Red Rocks Amphitheatre)
- Aug. 12 – Edmonton, Alberta (Rexall Place)
- Aug. 13 – Calgary, Alberta (Pengrowth Saddledome)
- Aug. 15 – Vancouver, British Columbia (General Motors Place)
- Aug. 17 – Portland, OR (Rose Garden)
- Aug. 22 – Los Angeles, CA (The Forum)






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