Go:Audio have announced a string of UK tour dates for November around our fair shores.

Catch them at:

Tuesday 11th November - Norwich Waterfront
Wednesday 12th November - Birmingham Barfly
Thursday 13th November - Sheffield Carling Academy 2
Friday 14th November - Nottingham Rock City
Sunday 16th November - Newcastle Carling Academy 2
Monday 17th November - Aberdeen Tunnels
Tuesday 18th November - Glasgow Garage
Thursday 20th November - Wrexham Central Station
Friday 21st November - London Islington Academy
Saturday 22nd November - Brighton Concorde 2
Monday 24th November - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Tuesday 25th November - Manchester Club Academy
Thursday 27th November - Liverpool Academy
Friday 28th November - Yeovil Orange Box

Go:Audio have announced a string of tour dates for November around the UK.

Tickets are on sale now, and I think they have been for a while (yes, I’m slow to come around to the genius of Go:Audio!)

Tuesday 11th November - Norwich Waterfront
Wednesday 12th November - Birmingham Barfly
Thursday 13th November - Sheffield Carling Academy 2
Friday 14th November - Nottingham Rock City
Sunday 16th November - Newcastle Academy 2
Monday 17th November - Aberdeen Tunnels
Tuesday 18th November - Glasgow Garage
Thursday 20th November - Wrexham Central Station
Friday 21st November - London Islington Academy
Saturday 22nd November - Brighton Concorde 2
Monday 24th November - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Tuesday 25th November - Manchester Club Academy
Thursday 27th November - Liverpool Carling Academy 2
Friday 28th November - Yeovil Orange Box

Elle S’appelle and goFASTER>> have announced a joint headline tour of Barfly venues next February. The “Boss pop” tour will take in 8 venues in 8 nights the length and breadth of the country, with tickets on sale now.

Catch them at:

Friday 15th February - Liverpool, Barfly
Saturday 16th February - Glasgow, Barfly
Sunday 17th February - Aberdeen, Moshulu
Monday 18th February - York, Fibbers
Tuesday 19th February - Birmingham, Barfly
Wednesday 20th February - Cardiff, Barfly
Thursday 21st February - Brighton, Barfly
Friday 22nd February - London, Barfly

The Go! Team have announced that they’ll be headlining the NME Freshers tour of universities across the land in late September and early October. They’ll be joined by Operator Please and The Satin Peaches.

The tour is reportedly open to both students and non-students… expect tickets to go quickly when they go on sale.

Tuesday 25th September - Edinburgh Uni
Thursday 27th September - Northumbria Uni
Friday 28th September - Liverpool Guild
Saturday 29th September - Loughborough Uni
Monday 1st October - Preston 53 Degrees
Tuesday 2nd October - Bangor Uni
Thursday 4th October - Cardiff Uni
Friday 5th October - Warwick Uni
Saturday 6th October - Plymouth Uni
Sunday 7th October - Bournemouth Old Fire Station
Tuesday 9th October - London Astoria

I’d never heard of Connect festival before yesterday, when I saw that their lineup had been announced. Wow. Whilst they don’t have bands who have the mass appeal of the likes of Arctic Monkeys (booo! Hisss!) or Snow Patrol, they do have some truley innovative, exciting and interesting bands that make you have faith in the music industry for once.

On the Friday they have:
Beastie Boys
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Go! Team
CSS (Boooo! Hiss!!)
Nouvelle Vague
King Creosote
James Yorkston
Alex Smoke
Trashcan Sinatras

On the Saturday they have:
Primal Scream
Mogwai
Teenage Fanclub
The Divine Comedy
Modest Mouse
Sons & Daughters
Rilo Kiley
Vashti Bunyan
The Black Dog
The Only Ones
The New Pornographers
1990s

On the Sunday they have:
Bjork
LCD Soundsystem
Idlewild
Big Star
The Polyphonic Spree
My Latest Novel
Tilly & The Wall
Patrick Wolf

(my favourites in italics, in case you didn’t know!)