Featuring brothers Andrew and Mike Tierney and fellow high-school classmates Phil Burton and Toby Allen, Human Nature formed in Sydney in 1989 as a doo-wop band while the members were still in high school.

Human Nature performed for the first time in the U.S. in early 2008 when it launched a two-month residency at Atlantic City’s Tropicana Casino. In May 2009 the group began another residency in Las Vegas at the Imperial Palace Hotel. What was originally supposed to be a yearlong residency was renewed and Human Nature has been performing in Sin City ever since.

The U.S. tour –“Human Nature: The Motown Show presented by Smokey Robinson” – kicks off a few weeks after the March 6 release of the group’s new album, The Motown Record, on Universal Music Enterprises. The album features the group’s take on Motown hits including “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “My Girl” “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” and “Stop! In The Name Of Love.”

Robinson, who will not appear on the tour, accompanied Human Nature on the group’s recent PBS special, “Human Nature Sings Motown with Special Guest Smokey Robinson.”

After playing another run of shows at Las Vegas’ Imperial Palace Hotel, the tour begins March 24 in Detroit at Fisher Theatre. Dates are scheduled through a May 6 gig at New York City’s Beacon Theatre.

Stops on the route include Cleveland (March 27); Indianapolis (March 31); Minneapolis (April 3); Pittsburgh (April 6); St. Louis (April 10); Houston (April 14); Atlanta (April 21); Raleigh, N.C. (April 23); Baltimore (April 26); Philadelphia (April 28); Providence, R.I. (May 2) and Hampton, N.H. (May 3).

Tickets go on sale Friday.

For more information, click here for Human Nature’s website.