PLEASE NOTE: These dates have been postponed until May 2009 – full details here

Counting Crows have unfortunately announced an arena tour for December. Usually this would mean that they are hogging the arenas so decent bands can’t play there, however this time I’ll forgive them as they’re also taking the amazing Ben Folds with them. I may be going to a few of them just for the fact that Ben is a genius in my eyes, so be sure to get your tickets when they go on sale – you’ll even get an early night if you just catch Ben!

Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday 22nd July) according to See Tickets, or on Friday (25th July) according to NME. So I don’t know when they go on sale, but either way catch Counting Crows and Ben Folds at the below dates:

Tuesday 2nd December – Newcastle Arena
Thursday 4th December – Nottingham Arena
Friday 5th December – London Wembley Arena
Sunday 7th December – Manchester MEN Arena
Monday 8th December – Cardiff International Arena
Wednesday 10th December – Bournemouth BIC
Thursday 11th December – Brighton Centre
Saturday 13th December – Birmingham NEC Arena
Sunday 14th December – Sheffield Arena
Thursday 18th December – Glasgow SECC

One of my favourite ever artists, Mr. Ben Folds has (thankfully) announced a string of UK shows for the summer, in between the major European festivals.

Tickets go on presale for his headlining shows today (Wednesday 9th April) at 9am from here, and on general sale on Friday (11th April) at 9am.

PLEASE NOTE: The Bristol date has just been changed from Monday 7th July to Sunday 13th July.

Tuesday 24th June – Newcastle Academy
Wednesday 25th June – London Shepherds Bush Empire
Friday 27th June – Glastonbury Festival
Tuesday 8th July – Sheffield Academy
Wednesday 9th July – Liverpool Academy
Friday 11th July – Oxegen Festival
Saturday 12th July – T in the Park
Sunday 13th July – Bristol Aademy