ALO has confirmed the first dates of its annual So Cal-centric Tour d’Amour. As of press time, the quartets brief run will include stops at Santa Barbaras SOhO Restaurant (2/11), Solana Beachs Belly Up Tavern (2/12) and West Hollywood, CAs The Troubadour (2/13). The group will also perform on the traveling Jam Cruise in early January.

The members of ALO have spent most of 2008 working on individual projects, but will close the year as a band at San Franciscos Independent on December 30 and 31. As previously reported, ALO guitarist Dan Lebowitz will also perform with Ron Johnson, Brian Jordan, Eric Bolivar and Eric Lev at San Franciscos Boom Boom Room this evening. For more on ALO, please read our recent site interview with keyboardist Zach Gill.