Girls Aloud have announced another arena jaunt for next spring, playing one of their biggest tours to date.

Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah will be hitting the road for close to a month, with possibly more dates to be added to the list to fill in the gap. (That’s me saying that, not Girls Aloud’s PR people)

Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday morning at 9am (14th November).

Catch the girls at:

Thursday 30th April 2009 - Belfast Odyssey Arena
Saturday 2nd May 2009 - Dublin O2
Tuesday 5th May 2009 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Friday 8th May 2009 - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Monday 11th May 2009 - Nottingham Trent FM Arena
Friday 15th May 2009 - Sheffield Arena
Saturday 16th May 2009 - Manchester MEN Arena
Tuesday 19th May 2009 - Liverpool Arena
Wednesday 20th May 2009 - Birmingham NIA
Saturday 23rd May 2009 - London O2 Arena

The Prodigy have announced a massive arena tour next April.

Support comes from Dizzee Rascal.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (7th November) at 9:30am.

Catch the Essex lads at:

Sunday 5th April 2009 - Cardiff International Arena
Monday 6th April 2009 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Tuesday 7th April 2009 - Glasgow SECC
Thursday 9th April 2009 - Birmingham NIA
Friday 10th April 2009 - Manchester MEN Arena
Saturday 11th April 2009 - Nottingham Trent FM Arena
Monday 13th April 2009 - Sheffield Arena
Tuesday 14th April 2009 - Brighton Centre
Friday 17th April 2009 - London Wembley Arena

Former Fame Academy winner Lemar has announced a huge UK tour for next spring around the UK, stopping just about everywhere.

Tickets go on sale for all dates this Friday, 7th November at 9am.

Monday 16th March 2009 - Carlisle Sands Centre
Tuesday 17th March 2009 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Thursday 19th March 2009 - Reading Hexagon
Saturday 21st March 2009 - Bournemouth International Centre
Monday 23rd March 2009 - Brentwood Centre
Tuesday 24th March 2009 - Ipswich Regent Theatre
Wednesday 25th March 2009 - Preston Guildhall
Saturday 28th March 2009 - Brighton Centre
Sunday 29th March 2009 - Oxford New Theatre
Tuesday 31st March 2009 - Plymouth Pavilions
Wednesday 1st April 2009 - Swindon Oasis Leisure Centre
Saturday 4th April 2009 - Cardiff International Arena
Sunday 5th April 2009 - Portsmouth Guildhall
Monday 6th April 2009 - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wednesday 8th April 2009 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Thursday 9th April 2009 - London Royal Albert Hall
Friday 10th April 2009 - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Sunday 12th April 2009 - Newcastle City Hall
Monday 13th April 2009 - Sheffield City Hall
Tuesday 14th April 2009 - Harrogate Centre
Thursday 16th April 2009 - Glasgow - Clyde Auditorium @ SECC
Friday 17th April 2009 - Manchester Apollo

For some strange reason I find Pink attractive… not sure why.

After sharing more than you probably need to know, I’m pleased to be able to tell you that she’s off on tour next year around the UK and Ireland, playing some arena shows.

Tickets go on sale on Tuesday November 4th (yes, next Tuesday, Election day for all our American readers).

Catch her at:

Saturday 11th April 2009 - Glasgow SECC
Monday 13th April 2009 - Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
Thursday 16th April 2009 - Birmingham NIA
Sunday 19th April 2009 - Dublin O2
Wednesday 22nd April 2009 - Belfast Odyssey
Saturday 25th April 2009 - Manchester Evening News Arena
Tuesday 28th April 2009 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Wednesday 29th April 2009 - Liverpool Echo Arena
Friday 1st May 2009 - London The O2 Arena

As much as we all love to hate Mick Hucknall and friends (otherwise known as Simply Red), they have had some excellent tunes over their years (and yes, I feel dirty for saying that).

To celebrate their new greatest hits collection (out 17th November), they’re off on the road again in spring next year, playing the below dates.

Thursday 26th March 2009 - Cardiff CIA
Friday 27th March 2009 - Sheffield Arena
Saturday 28th March 2009 - Birmingham NEC
Monday 30th March 2009 - Bournemouth BIC
Tuesday 31st March 2009 - Brighton Centre
Thursday 2nd April 2009 - London O2 Arena
Sunday 5th April 2009 - Manchester MEN Arena
Monday 6th April 2009 - Glasgow SECC
Tuesday 7th April 2009 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Thursday 9th April 2009 - Nottingham Trent FM Arena

My current favourite band, Bloc Party, have announced a string of dates for January and April around the UK.

Clearly not deciding to take up my suggestion of an on-the-fly tour, they’ve opted for a (rather boring) routine of just four different venues, for two nights each.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, 26th September at 9am, or from 9am tomorrow (24th September) for those of you who are members of their fan club, Pioneers.

Sunday 25th January - Glasgow Academy
Monday 26th January - Glasgow Academy
Wednesday 28th January  - Manchester Apollo
Thursday 29th January - Manchester Apollo
Saturday 31st January  - Wolverhampton Civic
Sunday 1st February  - Wolverhampton Civic
Saturday 11th April - London Olympia

It’s a bit scary how already bands are planning Spring 2009 tours around the UK, and we’re barely in Autumn 2008! But still, The Enemy have announced a massive month-long jaunt around the UK in March and April next year.

Tickets for the below dates go on sale on Friday (19th September) at 9am. Catch the Coventry lads at:

Friday 13th March - Inverness Ironworks
Saturday 14th March - Dunfermline Alhambra
Sunday 15th March - Glasgow Barrowlands
Wednesday 18th March - Oban Corran Hall
Friday 20th March - Newcastle Academy
Saturday 21st March - Manchester Academy
Sunday 22nd March - Manchester Academy
Tuesday 24th March - Sheffield Academy
Wednesday 25th March - Liverpool Academy
Thursday 26th March - Leeds Academy
Saturday 28th March - Nottingham Rock City
Sunday 29th March - Lincoln Engine Shed
Monday 30th March - Birmingham Academy
Thursday 2nd April - Exeter Great Hall
Friday 3rd April - Swindon Oasis
Saturday 4th April - Bristol Academy
Sunday 5th April - Margate Winter Gardens
Tuesday 7th April - Norwich UEA
Wednesday 8th April - Brighton Dome
Thursday 9th April - Southampton Guidhall
Saturday 11th April - London Brixton Academy

Top photo comes from Mark Tighe’s flickr stream, and side photo from BBC Radio 1 Interactive’s flickr stream, both under the creative commons license.