Tha Liks will join Xzibit on The House of Blues Tour after their March 14th performance at this year's South By Southwest Conference in Austin, TX. Tha Liks postponed joining the tour, which began on Feb. 26th in Chicago's House of Blues in order to film the video for "Best You Can," the first single from their upcoming album, X.O. Experience.

J-Ro explains, "We wanted to finish mastering the album, so that when we join the tour, we would be giving people a preview of how we're coming with on X.O. Experience." Tash offers, "By the time we join the tour, the Neptune single will be bubbling at radio and we hope to have the video done in time, so when we perform, fans will already know the song. While we're on the

road, we plan to do interviews, radio visits, the whole thing."

In 1992, Tha Alkaholiks became the first group to sign with Loud/RCA. The party anthem, "Make Room" came out in 1993, followed shortly by single, "Likwit/Only When I'm Drunk," Tha Liks have a released three albums since their debut in 1993, 21 & Over (1993), Coast II Coast (1995), and Likwidation (1997). As their fan base grew from their live performances and word of mouth, rap purist labeled all three releases top shelf classics. E-Swift explains, "This album is high energy, 15 tracks of New Orlean's Mardi Gras partying on disc. We're looking forwarding to bringing the party to the

stage."

Tha Liks open for Xzibit in 45-minute set and will perform classics from

their three previous albums and at least 4 new songs from X.O. Experience.

Tha Liks tour dates are below (subject to change):
March 14 Austin, TX South By Southwest - BMI Showcase
March 15 Houston, TX T-Town
March 16 Dallas, TX Deep Ellum Live
March 17 Austin, TX South By Southwest - Loud Showcase
March 18 Denver, CO Gothic
March 19 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
March 21 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
March 22 Anaheim House Of Blues
March 28 Seattle, WA Showbox
March 29 Portland, OR Pine Street Theater
March 30 Phoenix, AZ Petaluma
March 31 San Francisco, CA Maritime Hall
April 1 Santa Cruz, CA Palookaville