Wilco [ tickets ] has lined up a slate of summer dates, including a hometown appearance at August's Lollapalooza outdoor festival in Chicago.

The Jeff Tweedy-led group currently is gearing up for a mid-spring outing, kicking off April 30 in Rochester, MN. After a busy two weeks in May, including a three-night stand (5/15-17) in St. Louis, MO, the band will take some time off before regrouping in late July to travel way up north for a pair of shows in Alaska, July 25 in Fairbanks and July 27 in Anchorage.

Following the early August Lollapalooza slot, Wilco heads out of town for a brief headlining run leading up to an Aug. 24 slot at San Francisco's Outside Lands festival, which also features Radiohead, Beck, Tom Petty and many others.

Wilco continues to tour behind "Sky Blue Sky," is seventh studio album. The set, which follows 2004's "A Ghost is Born," was recorded and self-produced by the band in its own Chicago studio, with TJ Doherty (Sonic Youth, The Hold Steady) handling recording chores and Jim Scott (The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dixie Chicks) doing the mixing.

The album arrived on The Billboard 200 album chart in the No. 4 spot, marking the band's highest debut ever, and selling 87,000 copies in the US in its first week.

The disc helped Wilco nab its fourth Grammy nomination in December, receiving a nod in the Best Rock Album category (it lost out to Foo Fighters' "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"). The band, which has now received four Grammy nominations overall, scored two trophies with 2004's "A Ghost is Born," which took home wins for Alternative Rock Album and Best Recording Package.