The Magic Numbers have announced a pretty big UK tour, going back to their roots for late November and early December by playing some smaller venues around the UK.

They’re also giving away a shiny new free MP3 in exchange for your email address – just pop over to their offical website or jump straight there.

Catch the guys at:

Saturday 21st November 2009 – Oxford Jericho
Sunday 22nd November 2009 – Manchester Band On The Wall
Monday 23rd November 2009 – Preston 53 Degress
Tuesday 24th November 2009 – Liverpool Masque Loft
Wednesday 25th November 2009 – Wrexham Central Station
Friday 27th November 2009 – London St Aloysius
Saturday 28th November 2009 – Gloucester Guildhall
Sunday 29th November 2009 – Exeter Cavern Club
Monday 30th November 2009 – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
Wednesday 2nd December 2009 – Tunbridge Wells Forum
Saturday 5th December 2009 – Cork Opera House
Monday 7th December 2009 – Newcastle Cluny
Wednesday 9th December 2009 – Glasgow Oran Mor
Thursday 10th December 2009 – Edinburgh Bongo Club
Friday 11th December 2009 – Leeds Brudinell Social Club
Sunday 13th December 2009 – Northhampton Roadmender
Monday 14th December 2009 – Nottingham Bodega

Quite possibly one of the nicest and most genuine singer/songwriters in the land, Mr. Tom McRae has announced a string of UK tour dates for September and October around the UK and Ireland as part of a bigger European tour, called the “Alphabet of Hurricanes Tour”.

I’ve caught him live three times (in London each time), and he’s an amusing performer that provides a bit of lightness between his dark and brooding songs. Looks like it’s going to be a brilliant (if dark) Autumn, with new albums from Tom, The National and Tegan and Sara.

I don’t know when tickets go on sale, but expect it will be very soon.

Monday 21st September 2009 – Brighton Concorde 2
Tuesday 22nd September 2009 – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Wednesday 23rd September 2009 – Bristol O2 Academy
Friday 25th September 2009 – Oxford O2 Academy 2
Saturday 26th September 2009 – Liverpool Academy 2
Sunday 27th September 2009 – Manchester Club Academy
Monday 28th September 2009 – Leeds The Brudenell Social Club
Wednesday 30th September 2009 – Glasgow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
Thursday 1st October 2009 – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
Friday 2nd October 2009 – Newcastle Academy 2
Saturday 3rd October 2009 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Monday 5th October 2009 – Birmingham Glee Club
Tuesday 6th October 2009 – Cambridge Junction
Thursday 8th October 2009 – London Scala
Saturday 10th October 2009 – Belfast Spring & Airbrake
Sunday 11th October 2009 – Dublin The Academy 2
Monday 12th October 2009 – Cork Cyprus Avenue
Tuesday 13th October 2009 – Galway Roisin Dubh
Wednesday 14th October 2009 – Limerick Dolans Warehouse
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Hotly tipped for 2009, Emmy the Great has announced details of a full UK tour for January, February and March.

The hugely talented singer / songwriter is embarking on the sizeable UK tour backed up by her band.

Tickets are on sale now for all dates with tickets priced between £7 and £9.50 each.

Catch Emmy at the below dates:

Saturday 31st January 2009 – Oxford Academy (WeGotTickets, Ticketweb)
Sunday 1st February 2009 – Exeter Phoenix (WeGotTickets, See Tickets)
Monday 2nd February 2009 – Brighton Komedia (Box Office)
Tuesday 3rd February 2009 – Cardiff Club Ifor Bach (Ticketweb)
Thusday 5th February 2009 – Gloucester Guildhall (See Tickets)
Friday 6th February 2009 – Bath Chapel Arts Centre (Info)
Saturday 7th February 2009 – Reading South Street (Info)
Monday 9th February 2009 – Norwich Arts Centre (Info)
Tuesday 10th February 2009 – Colchester Arts Centre (WeGotTickets)
Wednesday 11th February 2009 – Nottingham Bodega (See Tickets)
Thursday 12th February 2009 – Liverpool Academy 2 (Ticketweb, See Tickets)
Saturday 14th February 2009 – Glasgow King Tut’s (Ticketmaster)
Sunday 15th February 2009 – Aberdeen Moshulu (Ticketweb)
Monday 16th February 2009 – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire (Ticketweb)
Tuesday 17th February 2009 – Newcastle Cluny (Ticketweb)
Thursday 19th February 2009 – Sheffield Plug (Ticketweb)
Friday 20th February 2009 – Leeds Brudenell Social Club (See Tickets)
Saturday 21st February 2009 – Hull Adelphi (See Tickets)
Sunday 22nd February 2009 – Stoke Sugarmill (Ticketweb, See Tickets)
Tuesday 24th February 2009 – Manchester Ruby Lounge (WeGotTickets, See Tickets)
Wednesday 25th February 2009 – Birmingham Glee Club
Thursday 26th February 2009 – Bristol Fleece (See Tickets)
Friday 27th February 2009 – London ULU (Ticketweb, See Tickets)
Wednesday 4th March 2009 – Belfast Limelight (Ticketmaster)
Friday 6th March 2009 – Cork Cyprus Avenue (Ticketmaster)
Saturday 7th March 2009 – Dublin Crawdaddy (Ticketmaster)