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

Tavistock lads The Rumble Strips aren’t content with announcing an autumn tour like most bands at the moment, instead opting to announce two tours at once.

They’re doing a home jaunt of five nights around venues in the South West of the country in August between festival dates before moving on to do a month long gruelling campaign around the rest of the UK. Catch them at:

Monday 13th August - Exeter, Cavern
Tuesday 14th August - Tavistock, Wharf
Wednesday 15th August - Newquay, Barracuda club
Thursday 16th August - Poole, Curiosity @ Mr Kypps
Friday 17th August - Exeter, Beautiful Daze festival

Tuesday 2nd October - York Fibbers
Wednesday 3rd October - Leeds Cockpit
Thursday 4th October - Manchester Club Academy
Saturday 6th October - Southampton Joiners
Sunday 7th October - Plymouth The Hub
Monday 8th October - Cardiff The Point
Tuesday 9th October - Bristol Fiddlers
Wednesday 10th October - Penzance Acorn
Saturday 13th October - Leicester Charlotte
Sunday 14th October - Colchester Arts Centre
Tuesday 16th October - Birmingham Academy 2
Wednesday 17th October - London Scala
Friday 19th October - Brighton Concorde 2
Saturday 20th October - Chatham Tap n Tin
Sunday 21st October - Southend Chinnerys
Monday 22nd October - Norwich Waterfront
Tuesday 23rd October - Cambridge Soul Tree
Wednesday 24th October - Northampton Soundhaus
Thursday 25th October - Stoke Sugarmill
Friday 26th October - Liverpool Academy 2
Sunday 28th October - Hull The Welly
Monday 29th October - Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
Tuesday 30th October - Aberdeen Tunnels
Wednesday 31st October - Glasgow King Tuts
Friday 2nd November - Middlesbrough Cornerhouse
Saturday 3rd November - Durham Studio
Sunday 4th November - Preston 53 Degrees

Photo taken from Squizz’s flickr stream