The only band to have a frontman who can give Johnny Borrell a run for his money in the irritating self-important front man league, Snow Patrol, have announced a unique 48 hour tour around the UK and Ireland around release day of their new album, A Hundred Million Suns which is out on Monday 27th October.

The ‘Take Back The Cities Tour’ will see the band play four capital cities across the UK and Ireland in a 48 hour period stopping off in Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh and London.

Tickets for these shows are priced £22.50, and due to the intimate nature of the events are available exclusively to members of their fan club via a lottery draw. Each lucky ticket holder will also get an exclusive free Live CD of the show they attend, picking up an artworked CD on the night, which will contain details of how to download highlights of the show the next day.

Sunday 26th October - Dublin Gate Theatre (Lunchtime show)
Sunday 26th October - Belfast Empire (Evening show)
Monday 27th October - Edinburgh Assembly Rooms (Midday show)
Monday 27th October - London Bloomsbury Theatre (Evening show)

The complete line up for this summer’s T on The Fringe has now been announced, which seems to be a totally top notch collection of bands… be sure to catch The Shins and Interpol along with Kate Nash, who are my personal highlights in this stellar collection of bands…

Meadowbank Stadium:
Tuesday 21st August Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Silversun Pickups
Friday 24th August Kaiser Chiefs, The View
Sunday 26th August Razorlight, Editors

Corn Exchange:
Friday 10th August James
Saturday 11th August Silverchair
Thursday 16th August Kanye West
Monday 20th August Guillemots
Wednesday 22nd August Interpol
Thursday 23rd August The Shins
Friday 24th August Happy Mondays

Liquid Room:
Monday 6th August Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Thursday 9th August The Magic Numbers
Sunday 12th August Calvin Harris
Monday 13th August Duke Special
Tuesday 14th August Seasick Steve
Friday 17th August Stephen Fretwell
Saturday 18th August Best Of T Break
Sunday 19th August Jamie T
Tuesday 21st August Willy Mason
Thursday 23rd August Kate Nash
Saturday 25th August Turbonegro
Sunday 26th August The Sounds
Monday 27th August Dinosaur Jr
Tuesday 28th August Eagles Of Death Metal

Cabaret Voltaire:
Saturday 4th August Tom Baxter
Sunday 5th August The Law
Thursday 9th August Candie Payne
Friday 10th August Emma Pollock
Monday 13th August Pete & The Pirates
Wednesday 15th August Amy MacDonald
Thursday 16th August Kharma 45
Friday 17th August Paul Steel
Saturday 18th August Union Of Knives
Sunday 19th August Crash My Model Car
Monday 20th August Figure 5
Thursday 23rd August Hot Club De Paris
Friday 24th August Soma night
Tuesday 28th August Jack Penate

I believe all tickets are now on sale (and some sold out) through the usual sources…

Photo taken from Gary Thomson’s flickr stream