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Toronto’s Danko Jones will launch a Canadian tour next month in support of their newest album “Never Too Loud.”

The rockers will kick off the 17-date jaunt in Vancouver on May 2 and wrap things up in Ottawa on May 30.

Jones (vocals, guitar), John Calabrese (bass) and Dan Cornelius (drums) are currently in Europe, to which they will return after the Canadian tour for several summer festival dates.

They will follow that up with a U.K. tour alongside Motorhead in November.

“Never Too Loud,” the band’s fifth studio album, was released in Canada on March 18.

Their video for “Code Of The Road” can now be seen on MuchMusic.

Here are Danko Jones’ Canadian tour dates:

• May 2 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
• May 3 Kelowna, BC @ Doc Willoughby’s
• May 6 Grande Prairie, AB @ Better Than Freds
• May 8 Calgary, AB @ The Back Alley
• May 9 Edmonton, AB @ Jet Nightclub
• May 10 Lloydminster, AB @ The Kooler
• May 12 Saskatoon, SK @ Roxy On Broadway
• May 13 Regina, SK @ The Distrikt
• May 14 Winnipeg, MB @ Silverados
• May 15 Thunder Bay, ON @ Kilroy’s
• May 16 Sault Ste. Marie, ON @ Canadian Nightclub/Knights Inn
• May 18 Grand Bend, ON @ Grand Bend Motorplex
• May 21 Waterloo, ON @ Starlight Room
• May 23 Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
• May 28 Oshawa, ON @ The Dungeon
• May 29 Kingston, ON @ Merchant Tap House
• May 30 Ottawa, ON @ Barrymore’s Music Hall

Toronto’s Danko Jones and Winnipeg’s The Waking Eyes are just two of the acts who will be taking the stage at this year’s Canadian Music Week showcase.

The annual showcase, which will take place over three nights, is held by Chart Magazine in partnership with the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto.

The line-up for March 7 also includes Ottawa’s Hollerado, St. Catharines, Ont.’s The Arkells, Winnipeg’s Inward Eye, St. John’s, Nfld.’s Hey Rosetta! and Oshawa, Ont.’s Hail The Villain.

Organizers are still looking for a “high energy rock band” to close the show at 3 a.m.

Danko Jones will release a new album, “Never Too Loud,” on March 18, while the Waking Eyes are working on a new record.

Tickets will cost $12 at the door, but you can get your hands on them early when a maximum of 300 tickets go on sale Thursday for $10.50.

Here’s the schedule of performers:
- 8:40-9:10 p.m. Hollerado
- 9:30-10 p.m. The Arkells
- 10:20-11 p.m. The Waking Eyes
- 11-11:40 p.m. Inward Eye
- 12-12:50 a.m. Danko Jones
- 1:10-1:50 a.m. Hey Rosetta!
- 2:10-2:50 a.m. Hail The Villain
- 3 a.m. TBA