Maroon 5 announce US tour dates

Maroon 5 have announced details of their upcoming US tour.

The 15-date tour will kick off in Raleigh, North Carolina on August 17 and will conclude in Mahnomen, Minnesota on October 29.

It was recently reported that Mutt Lange will be producing their third album Hands All Over. Adam Levine, lead singer of the American rock band, has been a fan of Lange since he produced Def Leppard's chart-topping Pyromania and Hysteria albums.

"When I was 10 or 11, I loved Def Leppard and thought they were amazing. It's amazing that the guy that did those records is doing our record for a number of reasons," said Levine. "It sounded gigantic and the production was huge. The vocals were massive sounding and I just like how it sounded really big."

Levine claimed that Lange has achieved the same feel for the band's upcoming album. "I always wanted to achieve that, obviously not the same way - not with the gated reverb drums, all the stuff they used back then, but the bigness, definitely," he said. "And I think we did achieve that. It does sound big."

'Misery', the first single from album, was released on June 22 in the US.