Switchfoot's new Columbia album "Oh! Gravity" is pulling the band onto the road for an extensive North American tour in February and March. Labelmate Copeland will open.

The trek begins Feb. 14 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif., and wraps March 31 in the quintet's San Diego homebase. Fans might even expect a concert after the concert in some instances.

"I often find that after I get off stage I still have more music left in me. Hanging out with our friends in Nickel Creek in Chicago taught me what to do with the leftover music," Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman wrote in his Billboard tour diary in November. "You play somewhere else in town after the show. So we've been trying to find places to play after our shows, (usually a bar or a coffee shop within walking distance) where we can bring in an acoustic guitar and get all the music out that might have been left over from the show."

"Oh! Gravity" entered The Billboard 200 yesterday (Jan. 3) at No. 18 with first-week sales of 63,000 units.

Here are Switchfoot's tour dates:

Feb. 13: Anaheim, Calif. (House of Blues)
Feb. 14: San Francisco (Slim's)
Feb. 16: Eugene, Ore. (McDonald Theatre)
Feb. 17: Spokane, Wash. (Big Easy)
Feb. 18: Seattle (The Fenix)
Feb. 19: Vancouver (Croatian Cultural Center)
Feb. 21: Calgary (MacEwan Hall)
Feb. 22: Edmonton (Events Center)
Feb. 23: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Prairieland)
Feb. 24: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Garrick Theatre at the Marlborough)
Feb. 26: Thunder Bay, Ontario (Community Auditorium)
Feb. 28: Toronto (Guvernment)
March 1: London, Ontario (Cowboy Ranch)
March 2: Ottawa, Ontario (Capitol Music Hall)
March 3: Montreal (The National)
March 6: Burlington, Vt. (Higher Ground)
March 7: Worcester, Mass. (The Palladium)
March 8: Providence, R.I. (Lupo's)
March 9: Hartford, Conn. (Webster Theatre)
March 10: Philadelphia (TLA)
March 11: Baltimore (Rams Head Live)
March 13: Albany, N.Y. (Northern Lights)
March 14: Buffalo, N.Y. (Town Ballroom)
March 15: Pittsburgh (Mr. Smalls Theatre)
March 18: Asheville, N.C. (The Orange Peel)
March 19: Charleston, S.C. (Music Farm)
March 22: New Orleans (House of Blues)
March 23: Houston (Warehouse)
March 24: Austin, Texas (La Zona Rosa)
March 25: Dallas (Gypsy Tea Room)
March 26: Oklahoma City (Diamond Ballroom)
March 28: Tucson, Ariz. (Rialto Theatre)
March 29: Ventura, Calif. (Ventura Theatre)
March 30: Los Angeles (Avalon)
March 31: San Diego, Calif. (Soma)