New Yorker Alicia Keys has announced a quick UK Tour next February.

The New York based star will play London’s O2 (who doesn’t these days?) on Friday 29th February next year (and yes, it is a leap year), along with three other arena dates.

Tickets are on sale now for all four dates, priced between £27.50 and £30 a seat. Catch her at:

Monday 25th February - Glasgow SECC
Tuesday 26th February - Manchester MEN Arena
Thursday 28th February - Birmingham NIA
Friday 29th February - London O2 Arena

Worried because you don’t know what’s happening next May? Don’t have any gigs lined up? Never fear! Celine Dion is playing two UK arena dates, so you can be sure to catch her then!

Whilst she’s only playing two dates at the moment there is plenty of room for more to be added before she moves on around Europe for more dates.

LiveNation presale starts Wednesday 14th November, with General On Sale on Friday 16th November (yup, over two weeks away - I like to give you fair warning!)

The Canadian songstress will play:

Friday 2nd May 2008 - Manchester MEN Arena
Tuesday 6th May - London O2 Arena

Australians Operator Please have announced details of a quick UK November tour, stopping off at some smaller venues and Club NME nights.

Tickets are on sale now at around £5-£7 for each night.

Saturday 17th November - Leeds Faversham
Thursday 22nd November - Hull Welly Club (Club NME)
Friday 23rd November - Manchester Night & Day
Saturday 24th November - Southampton Lennon’s
Monday 26th November - Canterbury Studio 41 (Club NME)
Tuesday 27th November - Bristol Academy 2
Wednesday 28th November - Huddersfield Bar 122 (Club NME)

The Cribs and The Coral have both just announced separate home town shows.

The Cribs play three nights of “Cribsmas” at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on December 19th-21st

Billed as ‘The Three Days Of Cribsmas,’ the three shows will run from December Wednesday 19th - Friday 21st at and will raise money for a Cystic Fibrosis charity. The band will play a different album in its entirety each night along with B-sides relevant to the album. Tickets are limited to two per person when they go on sale on Friday (2nd November) at 9am.

Meanwhile, The Coral will play three homecoming shows in Liverpool, near their home in the Wirral. They’ll play Liverpool’s Carling Academy on Wednesday 12th, Friday 14th and Saturday 15th December, with support from The View on the 12th, The Twang on the 15th and nobody yet announced on the 14th. The Saturday show will be a late one, going until 2am.

Tickets again are on sale on Friday at 9am.

Stars have announced a new tour of the UK in early next year. They’ll be playing 10 dates in support of new album ‘In Our Bedroom After The War‘, including a date at London’s koko

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday morning (Halloween) at 9am.

Thursday 24th January - Dublin Tripod
Saturday 26th January - Aberdeen Moshulu
Sunday 27th January - Glasgow Oran Mor
Monday 28th January - Birmingham Barfly
Tuesday 29th January - London Koko
Wednesday 30th January - Bristol Thekla
Thursday 31st January - Manchester Academy 3
Saturday 2nd February - Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Sunday 3rd February - Sheffield Leadmill
Monday 4th February - Brighton Concorde 2

Doom & Gloomers Editors have announced that they’ll be on tour early next year, playing some of their largest venues yet.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (2nd November) at 9am, and are sure to go quickly - this is a band who sold out three straight nights at Brixton, so are sure to be able to play one night at Allie Pallie!

Thursday 28th February 2008 - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
Friday 29th February - Birmingham NIA
Sunday 2nd March - Doncaster Dome
Monday 3rd March - Manchester Apollo
Wednesday 5th March - London Alexandra Palace
Friday 7th March - Plymouth Pavillions

Photo taken from mediaeater’s flickr stream.

Newton Faulkner has announced a string of UK dates next February and March.

Tickets for all dates go on sale on Friday (2nd November) at 9am.

Thursday 21st February - Exeter University
Friday 22nd February - Portsmouth Guildhall
Saturday 23rd February - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Sunday 24th February - Birmingham Carling Academy
Tuesday 26th February - Newcastle Carling Academy
Friday 29th February - Leeds University Union
Sunday 2nd March - Manchester Apollo
Monday 3rd March - Liverpool University
Wednesday 5th March - London Roundhouse
Friday 7th March - Bristol Colston Hall

Picture is taken from Lee Jordan’s (not him of Harry Potter fame, a different one!) flickr stream under the Creative Commons License.

The Hoosiers have announced details of another lengthy jaunt around the UK next spring. The month and a half series of dates see them playing just about every major town or city in the UK.

Expect more dates to be announced soon to fill the gaps that there are at times on the tour. Tickets go on sale on Friday morning (2nd November) at 9am.

Monday 11th February 2008 - Bristol Carling Academy
Tuesday 12th February - Cardiff University
Wednesday 13th February - Leeds University Union
Sunday 17th February - Preston 53 Degrees
Thursday 21st February - Sheffield Octagon
Friday 22nd February - Hull University
Thursday 28th February - Manchester University
Friday 29th February - Birmingham Carling Academy
Sunday 2nd March - Norwich UEA
Tuesday 4th March - London Shepherds Bush Empire
Saturday 8th March - Bournemouth International Centre
Monday 10th March - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Thursday 13th March - Brighton Dome

Coventry’s The Enemy have announced details of their final 2007 show at London’s ULU in mid December.

The lads will play the Year Zero club night on Friday 14th December, with support from Figure Five, Prego and Alvarez Kings.

Tickets for the night are on sale now at Ticketweb for £12 each. It’s over 16’s only, and goes from 7:30 till 1am.

Photo from Radio 1 interactive’s flickr stream. under the Creative Commons License.

Coheed and Cambria, Madina Lake, Fightstar and Circa Survive have all announced that they’ll be taking part in 2008’s Kerrang! magazine tour.

Tickets are on sale now, and are £15 a ticket for all dates.

Wednesday 23rd January 2008 - Belfast Mandela Hall
Thursday 24th January - Dublin Ambassadors
Saturday 26th January - Southampton Guildhall
Sunday 27th January - Bristol Academy
Monday 28th January - Nottingham Rock City
Wednesday 30th January - Cardiff University
Thursday 31st January - Norwich UEA
Friday 1st February - Manchester Academy
Sunday 3rd February - Leeds University
Monday 4th February - Glasgow Barrowlands
Tuesday 5th February - Newcastle Academy
Thursday 7th February - Birmingham Academy
Friday 8th February - London Brixton Academy

Photo of Coheed and Cambria is taken from their MySpace and was taken by Chapman Baehler.