Blondie connects "Parallel Lines" to tour

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Blondie will mark the 30th birthday of its "Parallel Lines" with a summer tour and an expanded anniversary edition of the album.

The reissued set, due June 24 via Capitol/EMI, will add four bonus tracks, as well as a DVD featuring three music videos and a previously unreleased TV performance from the BBC's "Top of the Pops." The package also includes a booklet containing images from the original album photo session.

"Parallel Lines" peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in April 1979 and spawned Blondie's first No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, "Heart of Glass."

Blondie takes to the road this summer for performances in the U.S. Europe, Russia and Israel on its "Parallel Lines 30th Anniversary Tour." The U.S. leg includes dates at amusement parks and a zoo.

Here are Blondie's U.S. tour dates:

June 5: Baltimore (Ramshead)

June 6: Englewood, N.J. (Bergen Performing Arts)

June 8: Jackson N.J. (Great Adventure)

June 10: Kingston, N.Y. (Broadway Theatre)