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Chicago underground legends and Neil Diamond coverers Urge Overkill have gotten back together after 7 years of inactivity. The band is reported to be heading back into the studio to work on their first album since 1995's Exit The Dragon; no word on what label might be releasing it. The band has previously spent time on both indie Touch & Go Records as well as uber-major Geffen.

The band is kicking off their reformation with a handful of gigs in California, New Jersey, and New York over the coming months. Click READ MORE for those dates.

Jan 15: The Casbah, San Diego, CA
Jan 16: Troubadour, Hollywood, CA
Feb 5: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Feb 6: The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY