Jack Penate has announced a string of seven UK tour dates for late March and early April.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday morning (27th February).

Sunday 29th March 2009 – Oxford O2 Academy 2
Monday 30th March 2009 – Brighton Concorde 2
Tuesday 31st March 2009 – London Heaven
Wednesday 1st April 2009 – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Friday 3rd April 2009 – Glasgow King Tuts
Saturday 4th April 2009 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Sunday 5th April 2009 – Manchester Ruby Lounge

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The Xcerts have announced a four date Scottish trek to compliment their February exploits that we’ve already written about.

Their debut album is released on 30th March, at which point expect them to go pretty massive – with support from Kerrang and Steve Lamacq, things are looking up.

Catch the lads at:

Thrusday 5th March 2009 – Stirling University
Friday 6th March 2009 – Inverness Madhatters
Saturday 7th March 2009 – Thurso Sinkandis
Sunday 8th March 2009 – Glasgow King Tut’s

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The Maybes? have announced a string of tour dates around the UK for late March and early April.

The co-headlining tour with Club Smith co-incides with the digital release of their new single, the sublime ‘Trick Of The Light’, on 30th March. The single is taken from their album, “Promise“, which is “emotionally driven power pop, contemporary narrative and pure dance euphoria, not only is it an album that showcases the band’s roots and influences but also their phenomenal musical flair”. Apparently.

Tickets are on sale, go buy.

Thursday 26th March 2009 – Glasgow King Tuts
Saturday 28th March 2009 – Whitley Bay, Trojan Rooms
Tuesday 31st March 2009 – Manchester Ruby Lounge
Wednesday 1st April 2009 – Leeds Cockpit
Thursday 2nd April 2009 – Derby, The Royal
Friday 3rd April 2009 – Liverpool, Academy 2
Saturday 4th April 2009 – Portsmouth Cellars
Monday 6th April 2009 – Southampton Hamptons
Tuesday 7th April 2009 – Brighton Freebutt
Wednesday 8th April 2009 – Birmingham Rainbow
Thursday 9th April 2009 – Nottingham Bodega
Friday 10th April 2009 – London Borderline
Saturday 11th April 2009 – Hertford, The Marquee

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Thom interviewed Bombay Bicyle Club back in December, rating them as ones to watch in 2009. Well, the London indie darlings have just announced a string of dates for March and April around the UK…

Catch them at the below dates. Tickets are on sale now.

Monday 23rd March 2009 – London Borderline
Tuesday 14th April 2009 – Bristol The Lanes
Wednesday 15th April 2009 – Manchester Club Academy
Thursday 16th April 2009 – Glasgow ABC
Friday 17th April 2009 – Newcastle Basement
Saturday 18th April 2009 – Birmingham Rainbow
Sunday 19th April 2009 – Brighton Audio

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Just about the only Japanese band that I can think of that’s actually got a following here in the UK, Mono have announced a string of shows for March around the UK, ahead of the release of their forthcoming album.

Hymn to the Immortal Wind will be released on 23rd March. It features Mono’s trademark wall of noise crashing beautifully alongside the largest chamber orchestra the band has ever enlisted. The whole album is vast, incorporating strings, flutes, organ, piano, glockenspiel and tympani into their standard amazing setup.

Tickets are on sale now, priced between £9 and £12 each.

Friday 20th March 2009 – Brighton Digital
Saturday 21st March 2009 – Birmingham Hare and Hound
Sunday 22nd March 2009 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Monday 23rd March 2009 – Glasgow Stereo
Tuesday 24th March 2009 – Sheffield Corporation
Wednesday 25th March 2009 – Bristol The Croft
Thursday 26th March 2009 – London Scala

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Remember Electric Six? The stars of “Gay Bar”, “High Voltage” and other such great hits? Well, turns out they’re actually quite good, and have announced a UK tour for March in support of their new album, Flashy.

Calling the tour “Hittin’ The Walls and Workin’ The Middle”, support on all dates will come from Tragedy, a Bee Gees metal tribute band. Yes, you read that right. Sounds like a good night out to me!

Tickets for all dates are on sale now.

Friday 6th March – Carlisle, The Brickyard
Saturday 7th March – Newcastle Academy
Sunday 8th March – Liverpool Academy
Monday 9th March – Sheffield Academy
Wednesday 11th March – Bristol Academy
Thursday 12th March – London Barfly (sold out)
Friday 13th March – Telford, The Palace Theatre
Saturday 14th March – Oxford Academy
Sunday 15th March – Swansea Sin City

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Blood Red Shoes have announced a three date tour for a few weeks time.

Taking the three shows as a chance to road test some new music, Steve Ansell commented: “We’ve taken a few months off from playing live to concentrate on material for the 2nd album. We’re getting itchy feet to play the songs and get a feel for how they work live. You never really know if a song stands up or not until you play it with all the adrenaline of a live show so we’ve booked a few smaller shows to try stuff out, we’ll be playing mostly all new stuff, to get it in shape before we head into the studio to record it all”.

Tickets are on sale now, priced at £8.50 each.

Tuesday 10th March 2009 – Southend Chinnerys
Wednesday 11th March 2009 – Northampton Roadmender
Thursday 12th March 2009 – Gloucester Guildhall

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Jamie T has announced a string of five tour dates for later this month and early March.

Tickets for the five dates go on sale tomorrow morning (12th Feb) at 9am.

Catch Jamie at:

Saturday 28th February 2009 – Glasgow Kings Tut’s
Sunday 1st March 2009 – Liverpool Zanzibar
Monday 2nd March 2009 – Oxford Academy 2
Tuesday 3rd March 2009 – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Wednesday 4th March 2009 – Kingston The Peel

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The Maccabees have announced a brand new tour for the spring of this year.

The Brighton fivesome will play a 19 date UK tour over three months ahead of the release of their new album.

Tickets reportedly go on sale on Thursday morning at 9am (According to See Tickets).

Catch the lads at:

Thursday 19th March 2009 – Glasgow Oran Mor
Friday 20th March 2009 – Sheffield Plug
Saturday 21st March 2009 – Coventry Kasbah
Monday 23rd March 2009 – Derby The Royal
Tuesday 24th March 2009 – Brighton Concorde 2
Thursday 26th March 2009 – Cambridge Junction
Friday 27th March 2009 – Stoke Sugarmill
Saturday 28th March 2009 – Liverpool Academy 2
Thursday 30th April 2009 – Northampton Roadmenders
Friday 1st May 2009 – Edinburgh Studio 24
Saturday 2nd May 2009 – Leeds Live
Monday 4th May 2009 – Bristol Thekla
Tuesday 5th May 2009 – London Electric Ballroom
Wednesday 6th May 2009 – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Thursday 7th May 2009 – Norwich Waterfront
Saturday 9th May 2009 – Manchester Academy 2
Sunday 10th May 2009 – Birmingham Academy 2
Tuesday 12th May 2009 – Cardiff Point
Wednesday 13th May 2009 – Southampton Uni

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Funeral for a Friend have announced a quick 7 date UK tour for late March around the UK in support of a new single.

“Rules and Games” is released on 23rd March, and sees the Welsh favourites take in venues up and down the country.

Support from all dates comes from We Are The Ocean, with openers to be announced.

Tickets go on sale on Friday morning (30th January) at 9am.

Catch Funeral for a Friend at:

Monday 23rd March 2009 – Pontypridd Muni Arts Centre
Tuesday 24th March 2009 – Derby University
Wednesday 25th March 2009 – Glasgow QMU
Friday 27th March 2009 – Leeds Rios
Saturday 28th March 2009 – London ULU
Monday 30th March 2009 – Sheffield University Foundry
Tuesday 31st March 2009 – Northampton Roadmender

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