Public Enemy have announced that they’ll play their 1988 album ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’ in its entirety on three UK shows in May. It’s all part of the “Don’t Look Back” season of gigs when bands play their classic albums in their entirety.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on this Friday, 8th Feb. Catch them at:

Friday 23rd May - London Brixton Academy
Monday 26th May - Manchester Academy
Tuesday 27th May - Glasgow ABC1

Coventry’s The Enemy have announced details of a suitably impressive range of dates next March and April. Currently they only have four dates that See Tickets have announced, but surely there are more to fill the gaps, so bear with us and we’ll update this as soon as we know.

Tickets go on sale on Friday morning (9th November) at 9am for these:

Wednesday 19th March - Manchester Apollo
Friday 28th March - London Astoria
Saturday 29th March - London Astoria
Saturday 5th April - Coventry Ricoh Arena

Coventry’s The Enemy have announced details of their final 2007 show at London’s ULU in mid December.

The lads will play the Year Zero club night on Friday 14th December, with support from Figure Five, Prego and Alvarez Kings.

Tickets for the night are on sale now at Ticketweb for £12 each. It’s over 16’s only, and goes from 7:30 till 1am.

Photo from Radio 1 interactive’s flickr stream. under the Creative Commons License.

Updates: I’ve just added the 20th November gig and the 26th November gigs, thanks to a comment from Kathryn below. This was originally posted on 4th October.

The brilliant Mencap have announced this year’s “Little Noise Sessions”, a series of intimate, acoustic gigs, which will take place from Tuesday 20th November to Wednesday 28 November 2007, at Islington’s Union Chapel in London. They’ll be hosted by Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley.

To get tickets you’ll have to register here to get tickets when they go on sale. Ticket registration opens on Tuesday 2 October and closes at 12.00 Friday 19 October. Those who have registered can then buy tickets online on a first-come-first-served basis from 9am on Monday 22 October. Tickets are £35 each.

The gigs will raise money for Mencap’s Arts Awards scheme which enables children and young people with a learning disability to take part in local arts projects.

Tuesday 20th November - Secret Headliner, Jack Penate, Laura Marling, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
Wednesday 21st November - Athlete and The Hoosiers
Thursday 22nd November - Will Young, Newton Faulkner and Adele
Friday 23rd November - Biffy Clyro, We Are Scientists and Young Knives
Saturday 24th November - The Pigeon Detectives and The Metros
Sunday 25th November - Snow Patrol and Cajun Dance Party
Monday 26th November - Kate Nash, Robyn, The Ting Tings
Tuesday 27th November - The Enemy + Special Guests
Wednesday 28th November - Keane, Rilo Kiley + Scouting For Girls

Both The Enemy and Jack Penate have announced new dates instores next week.

You will need to collect wristbands from the store in the morning for entry to each of the Enemy’s three shows outlined below:

Monday 17 September - 6.00pm - HMV, 90 Market St, Manchester
Thursday 20 September - 5.00pm - Chalky’s, 78 High Street, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 5JG
Friday 21 September - 6.00pm - Virgin on Oxford Street in London

Meanwhile Jack Penate is doing two instores to celebrate his new single “Second, Minute Or Hour”, playing the below two dates. Wristbands are limited to two per person, available on 24th September at both stores.

Wednesday 26th September - Virgin Megastore, Oxford Street, London
Thursday 27th September - Manchester Arndale Centre

Photo from Radio 1 interactive’s flickr stream. under the Creative Commons License.

The Enemy have announced their full European and Japanese tours, with an extra London date added.

Expect their date at London’s Union Chapel to go in a matter of moments when tickets go on sale soon. I don’t have specific on-sale dates for any venue yet, as they will probably be on seperate days over the coming weeks.

Catch the Coventry lads at:

Tuesday 23rd October - Dublin Ambassador
Wednesday 24th October - Belfast - The Empire
Wednesday 7th Nov 2007 Brussels - Botanique
Thursday 8th Nov 2007 Amsterdam Melkweg
Friday 9th Nov 2007 Le Mans - Bebop Festival
Saturday 10th November - Angers - Chabada
Sunday 11th November - Paris - Le Boule
Wednesday 14th November - Karlshrue - Substage
Thursday 15th November - Vienna - Flex
Friday 16th November - Munich - Backstage Club
Friday 16th November - Kaiserslautern - Kamgarn
Sunday18th November - Berlin - Magnet
Monday 19th November - Hamburg - Knust
Tuesday 20th November - Cologne - Gebaude 9
Tuesday 27th November - London - Union Chapel
Tuesday 4th December - Osaka - Quattro
Thursday 6th December - Nagoya - Quattro
Sunday 9th December - Tokyo - British Anthems @ Studios Coast
Monday 10th December - Tokyo - Liquid Rooms

Photo from Radio 1 interactive’s flickr stream. under the Creative Commons License.

The Enemy have been announced as headliners of this years NME Rock N Roll Riot Tour 2007. They’ll be joined by Lethal Bizzle and The Wombats. Catch them at:

Thursday 27 Sep 2007 Oxford Zodiac
Friday 28 Sep 2007 Leeds - University Union
Saturday 29 Sep 2007 Cambridge - Junction
Sunday 30 Sep 2007 Cardiff - Great Hall
Monday 1 Oct 2007 Newcastle - Academy

Tickets are on sale now to O2 users (see here) else you can get tickets from Wednesday morning at 9am.

Photo from Radio 1 interactive’s flickr stream.

Coventry lads The Enemy (who just want to get away away oh away from here…) have announced an October jaunt around the UK, much like most of the other bands around at the moment. They’re stopping at pretty much all the decent places across the UK.

All dates on sale on Friday at 9am, with the exception of Middlesborough, Wolverhampton and Birmingham dates which are all on sale now. Tickets from the usual places (See / Ticketweb / wegottickets)

Thursday 27 Sep 2007 Oxford Zodiac
Friday 28 Sep 2007 Leeds - Refectory
Saturday 29 Sep 2007 Cambridge - Junction
Sunday 30 Sep 2007 Cardiff - Great Hall
Monday 1 Oct 2007 Newcastle - Academy
Wednesday 3 Oct 2007 Inverness - Ironworks
Thursday 4 Oct 2007 Aberdeen - Music Hall
Friday 5 Oct 2007 Glasgow - Barrowlands
Saturday 6 Oct 2007 Dundee - Fat Sam’s
Monday 8 Oct 2007 Middlesborough - Town Hall
Tuesday 9 Oct 2007 Nottingham - Rock City
Wednesday 10 Oct 2007 Manchester - Academy
Thursday 11 Oct 2007 Norwich - UEA
Saturday 13 Oct 2007 Stoke - Keele University
Sunday 14 Oct 2007 Wolverhampton - Civic Hall
Monday 15 Oct 2007 Southampton - Guildhall
Wednesday 17 Oct 2007 London - Brixton Academy
Saturday 20 Oct 2007 Birmingham - Carling Academy

Photo from Radio 1 interactive’s flickr stream.

This week it seems lots of bands are on tour, but not many BIG bands, which gives you lots of choice. If I’ve missed anything out, or anyone has any spare tickets for anything in London on Tuesday night let me know and we can sort something out!

First up, Bloc Party continue their week long tour of the UK that they began last night in Cambridge, moving on to play Wolverhampton tonight, Plymouth Pavillions on Monday, Blackpool Empress Ballroom on Wednesday, and finally London’s Brixton Academy on Thursday and Friday. Tickets available from See Tickets for some dates, as well as some of the venue box offices.

On some dates Bloc Party will be supported by Biffy Clyro, who also play a date at Stoke Sugarmill on Tuesday as a warm up for their Bloc Party warm up dates and their May tour. Tickets on sale here.

The 2007 Camden Crawl takes place on Thursday and Friday in London, including all the best up and coming talent from accross London at some of the best Camden venues.

Zane Lowe favourites Cold War Kids embark on the start of their tour on Wednesday in Bristol, before moving on to Nottingham and Manchester. They then tour the rest of the country in the following two weeks. Tickets available from See Tickets again.

Teenage girl favourites Hanson embark on a short UK tour covering Newcastle, Birmingham and Manchester this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday respectively. They also play Koko in London on Sunday. Tickets from here and venue box offices.

Jamie T embarks on a full UK tour in Southampton next Saturday, before Norwich on Sunday and the rest of the UK in the coming two weeks. Tickets from here.

Kings of Leon embark on a full UK tour tonight in Plymouth, covering just about everywhere. Tickets from here.

Lostprophets UK Arena tour kicks off this week, covering Manchester, Birmingham and London’s Wembley Arena this week. Tickets from here.

Crazily moustached Luke Toms embarks on his own tour on Wednesday in Liverpool. He’s been the support band of choice for a fair few bands in recent months: Keane, Thirteen Senses and The Feeling. Tickets here.

Paulo Nutini starts his UK tour of larger theatres on Tuesday, playing just about everywhere, including a four night home town stand in early May. Tickets here.

Other Zane Lowe favourites The Enemy continue their UK tour on Monday night, taking in most mid-sized venues in the UK. Tickets here.

I was hoping to be able to see Switches at London’s 100 Club on Tuesday, however tickets have now sold out, so I won’t be. Tickets for their UK tour here.

Dundee favourites The View play a variety of venues out and about this week, mostly sold out, however there are still a few tickets for the Forum date in London next Saturday. Tickets here.

Last but not least, girl band The Pipettes play their largest tour to date, all over the UK playing mid-size venues. Tickets here.