Omar Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars Volta will perform in select cities during December 2010, utilizing a small core of players familiar to fans of the prolific guitarist. Joining him onstage as the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group will be Juan Alderete de la Peña (bass) and Marcel Rodriguez Lopez (keys and percussion), both of The Mars Volta; occasional Volta drummer Deantoni Parks, renowned for his work with Elvis Costello, John Cale, and his own band, Kudu; and Grammy-nominated vocalist Ximena Sariñana Rivera, whose presence on recent Rodriguez Lopez albums such as Solar Gambling and Los Sueños De Un Higado has been met with acclaim from fans and critics alike. The band will perform tracks from the aforementioned albums as well as 2009’s Xenophanes and selections from as-yet-unreleased records, such as Un Escorpion Perfumado.