Kings of Leon have announced a string of massive UK shows for December following on from their massively successful Glastonbury headlining shows a couple of weeks back.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (18th July) at 9am, priced at £25 a pop.

Monday 1st December - Brighton, Centre
Tuesday 2nd December - Nottingham, Trent FM Arena
Thursday 4th December - Newcastle, Metro Arena
Friday 5th December - Sheffield, Arena
Sunday 7th December - Glasgow, SECC
Monday 8th December - Liverpool, Echo Arena
Wednesday 10th December - Birmingham, NIA
Thursday 11th December - London, O2 Arena
Sunday 14th December - Bournemouth, BIC
Tuesday 16th December - Manchester, Evening News Arena
Wednesday 17th December - Cardiff, International Arena

Living legend George Michael has announced two shows in London at Earls Court this August.

He’ll play the massive (and frankly hideous) arena on Sunday and Monday 24th and 25th August, with the possibility of more dates if the demand is big enough.

Rumours are that these could be some of his last shows for the foreseeable future, as he’s struggling with touring.

Tickets go on sale at 9am tomorrow morning (Friday 13th June).

2008’s Give it A Name festival has been announced, a haven for all those emo kids who want to stay inside in the summer instead of getting their makeup muddy in a field.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (18th January) at 9am. As per previous years, the lineup plays both venues, swapping over between London and Sheffield.

Saturday 10th May 2008 - London Earls Court
Sunday 11th May 2008 - Sheffield Arena
Paramore
“Special Guests”
Finch
Set Your Goals
Strike Anywhere
All Time Low
My American Heart
Mayday Parade
Meg & Dia

Sunday 11th May 2008 - London Earls Court
Saturday 10th May 2008 - Sheffield Arena
30 Seconds To Mars
Billy Talent
Glassjaw
“Special Guests”
Silverstein
Anti-Flag
youmeatsix
The Color Fred
Four Year Strong

Avril Lavigne has announced a string of UK dates next summer, all arena dates as could be expected from the pint sized pop princess!

Tickets are on presale now from the official Avril website, or from Friday morning at 9am (I believe, though could be wrong).

Monday 26th May - Glasgow Academy
Thursday 29th May - Manchester MEN
Friday 30th May - Birmingham NEC
Saturday 31st May - Cardiff International Arena
Sunday 1st June - Plymouth Pavilion
Tuesday 3rd June - Bournemouth International Centre
Wednesday 4th June - London O2
Friday 6th June - RDS Simmonscourt
Saturday 7th June - Belfast Odyssey Arena

Girls Aloud have announced details of a full UK Arena tour next May. They’ll play the length and breadth of the UK in the 12 date tour.

Tickets for the below dates go on sale on Friday (23rd November) at 9am.

Wednesday 7th May - Glasgow SECC
Sunday 11th May - Bournemouth International Centre
Tuesday 13th May - Brighton Centre
Saturday 17th May - London 02 Arena
Sunday 18th May - Cardiff International Arena
Tuesday 20th May - Nottingham Arena
Wednesday 21st May - Sheffield Arena
Friday 23rd May - Birmingham NIA
Sunday 25th May - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Tuesday 27th May - Aberdeen ECC
Friday 30th May - Liverpool Arena
Saturday 31st May - Manchester Evening News 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

Looking set to have one of this year’s biggest albums after the release of their brilliant Sophomore effort “Once Upon a Time in the West”, Hard-Fi have announced a UK Arena tour.

Tickets go on general sale on Friday (14th September) at 9am.

Tuesday 4th + Wednesday 5th December - Glasgow Barrowlands
Thursday 6th December - Liverpool Aintree Pavillion
Saturday 8th December - Swindon Oasis
Monday 10th December - Brighton Brighton Centre
Wednesday 12th December - Bournemouth BIC
Thursday 13th December - Nottingham Arena
Friday 14th and Saturday 15th December - Birmingham Carling Academy
Monday 17th December - Manchester Central
Tuesday 18th December - London Wembley Arena

Photo from sarahphotogirl’s flickr stream under the Creative Commons License.

The Police (no, no, not the police force… The Police, the band!) have announced a new London show to end their European Tour.

They’ll end their tour at London’s Wembley Arena on Saturday 20th October before jetting over to New York on Halloween.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday (thats the 7th September), though they also play the capital this weekend on Saturday and Sunday at Twickenham stadium - it’s sold out, though ebay may have some luck.

Press photo is taken from their myspace

Bruce Springsteen has announced that he’ll be playing a one off date at London’s O2 Arena on Wednesday 19th December.

The American Legend will most likely add further London dates as demand predicts, but at the moment we only get one visit. Tickets go on sale for O2 customers on Wednesday (tomorrow folks) from 9am, or on Thursday (30th August) 9am for the rest of us.

Springsteen has a new album, “Magic”, out on October 2nd. Whether it’s any good is up to you - though undoubtably it will sell well, as most Springsteen records do.

Photo taken from Sister 72’s flickr stream under the Creative Commons License.

Kaiser Chiefs have extended yet again their seemingly never-ending winter tour to include Glasgow, Aberdeen and Brighton Dates. The tour covers the entire length and breadth of the country it seems

The new dates are italicised below, along with the rest of their tour dates. New tour dates are on presale here, and the other dates are available from the usual sources.

Wednesday 21st November - Exeter Westpoint Arena
Thursday 22nd November - Bournemouth BIC
Saturday 24th November - Cardiff CIA
Tuesday 27th November - Birmingham NIA
Wednesday 28th November - Nottingham Arena
Friday 30th November - Manchester MEN Arena
Saturday 1st December - Manchester MEN Arena
Monday 3rd December - Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
Tuesday 4th December- Hull Arena
Thursday 6th December 2007 - Glasgow SECC
Saturday 8th December 2007 - Aberdeen AECC
Monday 10th December - Newcastle Metro Arena
Friday 14th December - London Earls Court
Saturday 15th December - London Earls Court
Sunday 16th December 2007 - Brighton Centre

Photo taken from Hi tekznologik’s flickr stream.