The Kills to tour North America

The Kills have announced that they are to embark on a tour of North America.

Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart will be hitting the road in support of both The Raconteurs and the Black Keys as well as playing a handful of festival dates.

The duo's trans-atlantic sojourn will commence at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago on 1 August 2008 and then take in such cities as Toronto, Montreal, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle before finishing up in New York on 4 October 2008.