Siouxsie kicked off the run with a pair of shows February 8-9 at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York City.

Other stops on the schedule include The Fillmore in San Francisco (February 13), the Music Box at Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles (February 15-16) and House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif. (February 18).

The singer will follow the trek with a U.K. tour that begins February 29 at Manchester Academy, with stops at Carling Academy Liverpool (March 1), Wulfrin Hall in Wolverhampton (March 4), the Anson Room in Bristol (March 6), Carling Academy Oxford (March 7) and London’s Shepherds Bush Empire (March 10).

Tickets for U.S. shows are available at Ticketmaster.com, with U.K. shows available at Ticketmaster.co.uk.

Siouxsie said Mantaray, which has been well received by fans during her European tour, was a long time coming because she’d always had something else to focus on.

“I suppose the one constant thing throughout has been me being involved in The Banshees or The Creatures,” she told Pollstar. “And, as you know, musicians come and go. I guess this just felt the right time to just look for a whole new bunch of musicians.”

She sought out Steve Evans and Charlie Jones after hearing their work on Robert Plant‘s 2006 release, Mighty ReArranger.

“It was really the first – I’m not a huge fan per se of Led Zeppelin or Robert Plant – but I thought it was a really strong album.”

The pair not only played on the disc, but produced it, and will also be on the road with her for most of the tour.

Once the ball was rolling, the album came together very quickly, even though it was cut a little differently than some of Siouxsie’s previous projects.

“I did actually work a lot from home. I didn’t do any recording at home, which was a different tack. It felt good traveling to work, rather than it kind of overlapping in the domestic situation.

“And really I’d say half if the material, certainly lyrics, had been hanging around for a while. The other half was done very immediately. I had other writers sending bits of music. I think that probably was prompted by when I did the Basement Jaxx track, ‘Cish Cash,’ and suddenly people started pricking up their ears and saying, ‘Oh, she writes with other people.’ So I had a real luxury of just cherry picking the stuff that was the most immediate for me to work with.”

Speaking of collaborations, Siouxsie said she’d love to write and record the theme song for a very specific kind of movie.

“I’d love to do something specifically for film. I think there’s a couple of songs that would be perfect Bond songs on the album. ‘Here Comes That Day’ would be a good one and ‘If It Doesn’t Kill You’ would be a great title for a new Bond film. I love film and I love the visuals to go with it.”

The singer recently performed a song with composer Angelo Badalamenti for a film directed by British director John Maybury about Dylan Thomas, starring Sienna Miller and Cillian Murphy.

Now that she’s flying solo, Siouxsie said she’s interested in any project that leaves her free, including performing with a full orchestra.

“I’m up for anything that takes things out of just strictly being in a band.

“After I did the Dream Show at the Royal Festival Hall, where I did have a whole string section and brass section and percussion section, we tried to make that happen traveling to cities and picking up a string section for whatever town. But that didn’t happen. It may still happen one of these days. I’d love to be able to go to places like Moscow.”

The singer said she’s excited about being back on stage in the U.S.

“It’s been four years since I’ve played in the States, so I’m looking forward to getting over there again. I think touring in America is a lot easier. It’s just geared up to be a lot easier. And I suppose not being on the doorstep in America, it always feels like more of an event whenever I travel over there and do shows. The audiences are always enthusiastic.”

In part two of Pollstar‘s interview with Siouxsie, she talks about her illustrious past and how things have changed since she started in 1976.