You may not know that much about him at the moment, but mark my words, Johnny Flynn could be about to do a Laura Marling on us and get all massive with his brand of folk-pop. For a good introduction to the guy, pop on over to the Times online, who have a great introductory piece on him.

He’s just announced his biggest tour to date, playing the below dates. Tickets are on sale now, priced around £8 for each date I think.

Friday 17th October - Glasgow Nice n Sleazy’s
Saturday 18th October - Leeds Holy Trinity
Sunday 19th October - Manchester Matt & Phreds
Tuesday 21st October - Birmingham Bar Academy
Wednesday 22nd October - Nottingham Bodega Social
Thursday 23rd October - Bristol Cooler
Saturday 25th October - Reading Oakford Social
Sunday 26th October - Norwich Arts Centre
Tuesday 28th October - Southampton Joiners
Wednesday 29th October - Brighton Hanbury Club
Thursday 30th October - London Scala

Those lovely Welsh guys, The Stereophonics have announced two small shows ahead of their festival shows at T in the Park and Oxygen.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, 30th May, at 9am. However, some tickets go on presale tomorrow (Thursday 29th May) at 9am from here.

Catch them at:

Tuesday 8th July - Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
Wednesday 9th July - Carlisle, Sand Centre

Scottish folk star James Yorkston has announced details of a quick string of intimate dates around the UK in the week before Christmas.

Tickets are apparently going exceptionally fast, so get yours now if you want to go.

Monday 17th December - Edinburgh - The Ark (Support from HMS Ginafore & Adrian Crowley)
Tuesday 18th December - Brighton - Pressure Point (Support from Adrian Crowley)
Wednesday 19th December - London - Luminaire (Support from HMS Ginafore & Adrian Crowley)
Thursday 20th December - London - Luminaire (Support from David Thomas Broughton)

Carl Barat’s new band Dirty Pretty Things (well, they’re not that new I guess) are set to play an intimate gig tonight.

The band will play at Highgate’s Boogaloo bar to celebrate the opening of a new photo exhibition featuring them - ‘Come Closer: Dirty Pretty Things as seen by Roger Sargent‘.

The band will be jetting off to LA after the gig to start recording their second album.

I’m unsure at the moment of how to get tickets for this gig, but assume the majority will be available on the door.

Athlete have announced a quick three date tour of very intimate venues, with no tickets available online, only from the listed record shops beside each date. This is the celebrate their new album “Beyond the Neighbourhood”, which is out on Monday 3rd September.

These dates are sure to sell out quickly, so get your tickets now!

Monday 3rd September - Leeds, The Wardrobe, 6 St Peters Square (Tickets are available from Jumbo, Crash and Virgin and HMV, all in Leeds centre)
Tuesday 4th September - Liverpool, Alma De Cuba, St Peters Church, Seel Street (Tickets are available from Quirks Records, Ormskirk, Action Records Preston, Virgin and HMV Liverpool)
Thursday 6th September - Birmingham, The Factory Club, Custard Factory, Gibb Street (Tickets are available from Swordfish records, Virgin and HMV Birmingham)