Fresh from annoying the Indian authorities, The Black Lips have announced a string of UK dates for mid to late May. The Atlanta rockers release their brand new album, 200 million, which is out on 16th March.

Tickets are on sale now, priced between £10 and £12.50 each.

Thursday 14th May 2009 – Brighton The Fly at Great Escape
Friday 15th May 2009 – Nottingham Trent University
Saturday 16th May 2009 – Sheffield Drowned In Sound at Skate Central
Sunday 17th May 2009 – Cardiff The Globe
Wednesday 20th May 2009 – Leeds TJS
Thursday 21st May 2009 – Liverpool City Sound Festival at Barfly
Friday 22nd May 2009 – Dublin Crawdaddy
Saturday 23rd May 2009 – Glasgow Oran Mor
Sunday 24th May 2009 – Manchester Academy 3
Tuesday 26th May 2009 – London Electric Ballroom

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Atlanta rockcandy garageniks Black Lips have announced a string of five UK shows for the middle of next month.

The tour is in support of their second album, “200 Million Thousand”, which is released on 16th March. Apparently it’s “vintage Lips: a snotty 14-track celebration of unadorned rock n roll and no-bullshit songwriting”. Apparently.

The London show is part of the NME shows which have already been announced, but it’s been extended into more dates, which is always great for those of you who like them…

Catch the US stars at the below dates:

Sunday 15th February 2009 – London Islington Academy (NME Show)
Monday 16th February 2009 – Bristol Fleece and Firkin
Tuesday 17th February 2009 – Glasgow ABC2
Wednesday 18th February 2009 – Manchester Institute
Tuesday 19th February 2009 – Brighton Audio

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The sensational Shockwaves NME Awards shows have been announced for next January and February to start off a 2009 in great style. The likes of Franz Ferdinand, The Wombats and Simian Mobile Disco are among this year’s great gigs, with more to be announced shortly.

Franz Ferdinand’s frontman Alex Kapranos said of their opening night honour: “We’re going to play the gig to celebrate ‘Ulysess’ coming out and Heaven is the best place to go and celebrate. The new songs are the type that should be heard in clubs so we liked the idea of playing a show in one. We want people close to us who are dancing and sweating, that’s the vibe that we want. We definitely don’t want polite theatre shows for this record- we want some excitement!”

Tickets are available exclusively at NME from 9am on Wednesday, 26th November and then go on general sale on Monday 1st December.

UPDATE: More gigs added today (2nd December 2008) – full details below.

Catch the full details of the gigs below:

Tuesday 20th January 2009 – Franz Ferdinand @ London Heaven
Sunday 8th February 2009 – The Gaslight Anthems, Frank Turner and The Polar Bear Club @ London Shepherds Bush Empire
Monday 9th February 2009 – Howling Bells @ London Islington Academy
Tuesday 10th February 2009 – The View @ London Koko
Wednesday 11th February 2009 – Ida Maria @ London Koko
Thursday 12th February 2009 – Ida Maria @ Manchester Club Academy
Thursday 12th February 2009 – Simian Mobile Disco and Chrome Hoof @ London Koko
Friday 13th February 2009 – Ida Maria @ Glasgow Garage
Friday 13th February 2009 – Mystery Jets and Little Boots @ London Shepherds Bush Empire
Sunday 15th February 2009 – Black Lips and Vivian Girls @ London Islington Academy
Monday 16th February 2009 – Secret Machines @ London Islington Academy
Tuesday 17th February 2009 – Iglu and Hartley @ London Islington Academy
Wednesday 18th February 2009 – Black Kids, Boy Crisis, Passion Pit @ London Koko
Wednesday 18th February 2009 – Tricky @ Manchester Club Academy
Wednesday 18th February 2009 – Iglu and Hartley @ Manchester Academy 3
Thursday 19th February 2009 – Tricky @ Glasgow Arches
Thursday 19th February 2009 – Iglu and Hartley @ Glasgow QMU
Thursday 19th February 2009 – Roots Manuva @ London Koko
Friday 20th February 2009 – Tricky @ London Shepherds Bush Empire
Monday 23rd February 2009 – Wombats @ London Shepherds Bush Empire
Tuesday 24th February 2009 – Metronomy @ London Koko
Tuesday 24th February 2009 – Wombats @ Manchester Academy
Thursday 26th February 2009 – Wombats @ Glasgow Barrowlands