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Tuesday, 13th May 2008 at 8:06 pm

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Blood Red Shoes / October UK Tour

Brighton rockers Blood Red Shoes have announced a new tour for October, playing their biggest shows yet.

Tickets for some dates are on sale now, priced around the £8 / £9 mark.

Monday 13th October - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Wednesday 15th October - Leeds Cockpit
Thursday 16th October - Manchester Academy
Saturday 18th October - Aberdeen Drummonds
Sunday 19th October - Glasgow King Tut’s
Monday 20th October - Newcastle Academy
Tuesday 21st October - Norwich Waterfront
Thursday 23rd October - Birmingham Academy
Friday 24th October - London Astoria

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Tuesday, 12th February 2008 at 3:27 pm

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Blood Red Shoes / Spring UK Tour

Blood Red ShoesBrighton based Blood Red Shoes have announced a massive 19 date UK tour in March and April. The duo will release a new single, ‘Say Something, Say Anything’ on April 7 to coincide with the tour.

Wednesday 26th March - Stoke, Sugarmill
Thursday 27th March - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Friday 28th March - Birmingham, Barfly
Saturday 29th March - Leeds, Cockpit
Monday 31st March - Hull, Lamp
Tuesday 1st April - Norwich, Waterfront
Wednesday 2nd April - Northampton, Soundhaus
Thursday 3rd April - Oxford, Academy
Saturday 5th April - Tunbridge Wells, Forum
Sunday 6th April - Cambridge, Junction
Monday 7th April - Brighton, Komedia
Tuesday 8th April - Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
Wednesday 9th April - London, Kings College
Saturday 12th April - Bristol, Thekla
Sunday 13th April - Liverpool, Barfly
Monday 14th April - Manchester, Academy 3
Wednesday 16th April - Newcastle, Academy 2
Thursday 17th April - Aberdeen, Kef
Friday 18th April - Glasgow, ABC 2

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Wednesday, 12th September 2007 at 2:41 pm

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Gonzo 5th Birthday Tour / Bloc Party / Cribs / We Are Scientists + More

Bloc Party’s Kele OkerekeBelieve it or not, Gonzo on MTV2 is 5 years old this year. To celebrate, they’re doing a tour of Barfly venues around the UK, with some of the best bands of the moment. Catch Bloc Party, We Are Scientists (who are doing yet another UK show) and The Cribs amongst other bands at each of the dates.

The ever present Operator Please are openers for each date.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on

Friday 12th October - Birmingham Barfly - Funeral For a Friend with The Dykeenies
Saturday 13th October - Cardiff Barfly - The Rumble Strips with Blood Red Shoes
Sunday 14th October - Camden Barfly - Bloc Party with Does it Offend You, Yeah?
Friday 19th October - Liverpool Barfly - The Cribs with Lightspeed Champion
Saturday 20th October - York Fibbers - Jack Penate with Dan le Sac Vs Scoobius Pip
Sunday 21st October - Glasgow Barfly - We Are Scientists with Foals

Photo is taken from Shane Bee’s flickr stream under the creative commons license

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