Marooned No More

Exactly why did Maroon 5 need to wait five years before releasing the follow-up to "Songs About Jane"? Dudes, it's pop music, not rocket science. Two hole-plugging live discs do not a career trajectory make. Maybe that sensitive Adam Levine froze under the pressure of success. Maybe he needed to find a Jane replacement, a new muse. But we digress. "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" (a mystifying album title that seems somehow relevant to the long delay) is out on May 22, and Boston is the first stop on a six-city club tour to introduce the new tunes in an intimate setting. Tickets for the May 30 show at Axis go on sale May 12 at 10am.