Scottish alternative rocker Edwyn Collins recently announced that he will make his way to the US for a short series of dates in New York and at SXSW.  Check out the details, along with a video for the track “Do It Again,” which features Franz Ferdinand’s Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos, after the jump.

Collins will be touring in support of his upcoming Heavenly Recordings Release, Losing Sleep, which will drop March 8.  His last performance with a full band in the US was in 1997.

Check out the tour dates below:

03/13 – Brooklyn, NY – The Rock Shop
03/14 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
03/16 – Austin, TX – SXSW (details TBD)
03/17 – Austin, TX – SXSW (details TBD)
03/18 – Austin, TX – SXSW (details TBD)
03/19 – Austin, TX – SXSW (details TBD)

And the video for “Do It Again”: