Japandroids recently revealed that their highly-anticipated third album Near to the Wild Heart of Life would be out on January 27 via ANTI- and released the killer title track, which is keeping hopes very high for the album. Now, like they said they would at a recent intimate Brooklyn show, they've announced a lengthy 2017 tour.

The tour brings them back to NYC for a much larger show on February 23 at Terminal 5. That show and all other North American dates will be opened by Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn & the Uptown Controllers, which is of course a great fit. Tickets for T5 go on sale Friday (11/11) at noon. All dates are listed below.

Craig's backing band for this tour is Arun Bali (guitar), Will Berman (bass) and Falcon Valdez (drums), the same band he had in 2015 and 2016.

Japandroids -- 2016/2017 Tour Dates

11/25 -- Mexico City, Mexico -- Cardura Bar

12/1 -- Wollongong, Australia -- University of Wollongong

12/3 -- Berry, Australia -- Fairgrounds Festival

12/6-- Melbourne, Australia -- The Tote

12/10 -- Meredith, Australia -- Meredith Festival

12/13 -- Sydney, Australia -- Red Rattler

2/13 -- Madison, WI -- Majestic Theatre*

2/14 -- Minneapolis, MN -- First Avenue*

2/15 -- Chicago, IL -- Vic Theatre*

2/17 -- Toronto, ON -- Danforth Theatre*

2/20 -- Boston, MA -- Royale*

2/23 -- New York, NY -- Terminal 5*

2/24 -- Philadelphia, PA -- Union Transfer*

2/27 -- Washington, DC -- 9:30 Club*

3/01 -- Carrboro, NC -- Cat's Cradle*

3/03 -- Atlanta, GA -- Variety Playhouse*

3/04 -- Birmingham, AL -- Saturn*

3/05 -- St Louis, MO -- Ready Room*

3/07 -- Denver, CO -- Gothic Theatre*

3/10 -- Los Angeles, CA -- Fonda Theatre*

3/11 -- San Diego, CA -- Music Box*

3/13 -- Santa Ana, CA -- Observatory*

3/14 -- San Francisco, CA -- Fillmore*

3/17 -- Portland, OR -- Revolution Hall*

3/18 -- Seattle, WA -- Neptune*

3/20 -- Vancouver, BC -- Commodore Ballroom*

4/18 -- Copenhagen, Denmark -- Pumpehuset

4/19 -- Hamburg, Germany -- Uebel & l & Gefährlich

4/20 -- Cologne, Germany -- Gebaude 9

4/22 -- Berlin, Germany -- Columbia Theater

4/23 -- Frankfurt, Germany -- Zoom

4/24 -- Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Melkweg

4/26 -- Paris, France -- La Maroquinerie

4/27 -- Brussels, Belgium -- The Rotonde / Botanique

4/28 -- Birmingham, UK -- o2 Institute Birmingham

4/30 -- Glasgow, UK -- The Garage

5/01 -- Leeds, UK -- Stylus

5/02 -- Nottingham, UK -- Rescue Rooms

5/04 -- Manchester, UK -- Gorilla

5/05 -- Brighton, UK -- Concorde 2

5/06 -- London, UK -- o2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

* - w/ Craig Finn