Australians Operator Please have announced details of a quick UK November tour, stopping off at some smaller venues and Club NME nights.

Tickets are on sale now at around £5-£7 for each night.

Saturday 17th November - Leeds Faversham
Thursday 22nd November - Hull Welly Club (Club NME)
Friday 23rd November - Manchester Night & Day
Saturday 24th November - Southampton Lennon’s
Monday 26th November - Canterbury Studio 41 (Club NME)
Tuesday 27th November - Bristol Academy 2
Wednesday 28th November - Huddersfield Bar 122 (Club NME)

Believe it or not, Gonzo on MTV2 is 5 years old this year. To celebrate, they’re doing a tour of Barfly venues around the UK, with some of the best bands of the moment. Catch Bloc Party, We Are Scientists (who are doing yet another UK show) and The Cribs amongst other bands at each of the dates.

The ever present Operator Please are openers for each date.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on

Friday 12th October - Birmingham Barfly - Funeral For a Friend with The Dykeenies
Saturday 13th October - Cardiff Barfly - The Rumble Strips with Blood Red Shoes
Sunday 14th October - Camden Barfly - Bloc Party with Does it Offend You, Yeah?
Friday 19th October - Liverpool Barfly - The Cribs with Lightspeed Champion
Saturday 20th October - York Fibbers - Jack Penate with Dan le Sac Vs Scoobius Pip
Sunday 21st October - Glasgow Barfly - We Are Scientists with Foals

Photo is taken from Shane Bee’s flickr stream under the creative commons license

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