Sing it Loud, the new album from k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang, is due out in Australia this Friday, April 1, and to give the rest of the world a chance the hear lang's latest Nonesuch release, Amazon.com is now streaming the Sing it Loud in full till April 12, when the album makes its North American debut. To listen now, click here.

As noted yesterday in the Nonesuch Journal, k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang are on their way to Australia for a number of television appearances and interviews and will return there in November for a series of tour dates. Now comes word that lang and the band have confirmed six shows in the UK this May and June, prior to their US summer tour. The dates follow the release of Sing it Loud, which is out in the UK on April 18. And UK fans can catch lang on TV as well, when she performs the album's opening track, "I Confess," on BBC Two's Later with Jools Holland on April 19 and on ITV's The Alan Titchmarsh Show on April 20.

Mojo has already offered its take on Sing it Loud in the latest issue, on stands this week, giving it four stars and saying: "So, was Tony Bennett exaggerating when he called lang 'the best singer of her generation'? Yes, but on this form, only a little." See the UK dates below. For more information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. Tickets go on sale at 10 AM tomorrow, March 30.

k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang's UK Tour

To pre-order Sing it Loud with a manuscript lyric sheet of "I Confess" signed by lang, head to the Nonesuch Store now.