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Adam Ficek’s new project, Roses Kings Castles has announced a string of UK tour dates for next January. The Babyshambles drummer will head out on the road for a 16 date tour playing some small and cosy places in support of his debut solo collection, also named Roses Kings Castles.
The drummer-cum-solo artist will release ‘Horses’, which comes complete with sleigh bells, as a digital download on December 8th, then as a seven-inch vinyl single the following week on December 15th.
Catch Adam Ficek on the road at the below dates:
Monday 5th January 2009 - Leicester Charlotte
Tuesday 6th January 2009 - Cambridge Portland Arms
Wednesday 7th January 2009 - Nottingham Bodega
Thursday 8th January 2009 - Liverpool Academy2
Friday 9th January 2009 - Manchester Ruby Lounge
Saturday 10th January 2009 - Wakefield Escobar
Sunday 11th January 2009 - Birmingham Bar academy
Tuesday 13th January 2009 - Newcastle Academy2
Wednesday 14th January 2009 - Hull Adelphi
Thursday 15th January 2009 - Preston 53 Degrees
Friday 16th January 2009 - Derby Rockhouse
Sunday 18th January 2009 - Castleford The loft
Tuesday 20th January 2009 - Cardiff Barfly
Friday 23rd January 2009 - Sunderland Voodoo room
Monday 26th January 2009 - Glasgow Captain’s rest
Tuesday 27th January 2009 - York Fibbers
Wednesday 28th January 2009 - Wrexham Central
Like Shiny Toy Guns, Ladytron, and shouty frat rock? Then maybe check out innerpartysystem when they tour the UK next month.
Unsure if you’ll like them live? They’ve just released a track of themselves doing a stripped back version of single “Don’t Stop” using iPhones and instruments… ingenious we think. Catch the video after the dates below.
Tickets are on sale now, priced between £8 and £9 each. Catch them at:
Monday 26th January 2009 - Cambridge Soul Tree
Tuesday 27th January 2009 - Brighton Audio
Wednesday 28th January 2009 - Cardiff Barfly
Friday 30th January 2009 - Exeter Cavern
Saturday 31st January 2009 - Birmingham Academy 2
Sunday 1st February 2009 - Glasgow King Tuts
Monday 2nd February 2009 - Leeds Cockpit
Tuesday 3rd February 2009 - Newcastle Academy 2
Wednesday 4th February 2009 - Manchester Academy 3
Thursday 5th February 2009 - London Underworld
The amazingly talented Ben Kweller has announced a string of UK tour dates for early December as an extra special Christmas treat for everyone this side of the Atlantic.
The US star (who’s co-headlined tours with the likes of Ben Folds, Conor Oberst, Death Cab For Cutie and other US indie luminaries) is doing a short European jaunt before Christmas to promote his intriguingly named new EP “How Ya Lookin’ Southbound? Comein…”.
Tickets are on sale now (and look like they have been for a while), and are around the £10 mark.
Catch him at:
Thursday 4th December 2008 - Mancheser Ruby Lounge
Friday 5th December 2008 - Glasgow King Tuts
Saturday 6th December 2008 - Dublin Wheelan’s
Monday 8th December 2008 - Birmingham Glee Club
Tuesday 9th December 2008 - London Union Chapel
Girls Aloud have announced another arena jaunt for next spring, playing one of their biggest tours to date.
Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah will be hitting the road for close to a month, with possibly more dates to be added to the list to fill in the gap. (That’s me saying that, not Girls Aloud’s PR people)
Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday morning at 9am (14th November).
Catch the girls at:
Thursday 30th April 2009 - Belfast Odyssey Arena
Saturday 2nd May 2009 - Dublin O2
Tuesday 5th May 2009 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Friday 8th May 2009 - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Monday 11th May 2009 - Nottingham Trent FM Arena
Friday 15th May 2009 - Sheffield Arena
Saturday 16th May 2009 - Manchester MEN Arena
Tuesday 19th May 2009 - Liverpool Arena
Wednesday 20th May 2009 - Birmingham NIA
Saturday 23rd May 2009 - London O2 Arena
The tour culminates in the NME Awards show at Brixton Academy on Wednesday 25th February.
Tickets go on sale from 9am tomorrow, Wednesday 12th November.
Catch the tour at:
Thursday 29th January - Liverpool University
Friday 30th January - Glasgow Academy
Sunday 1st February - Newcastle Academy
Tuesday 3rd February - Sheffield Academy
Wednesday 4th February - Birmingham Academy
Friday 6th February - Manchester Academy
Sunday 8th February - Leeds Academy
Tuesday 10th February - Lincolnshire Engine Shed
Wednesday 11th February - Nottingham Rock City
Thursday 12th February - Norwich UEA
Saturday 14th February - Cardiff University
Sunday 15th February - Bristol Academy
Monday 16th February - Brighton Dome
Tuesday 17th February - Oxford Academy
Thursday 19th February - Portsmouth Pyramid
Friday 20th February - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Saturday 21st February - Brixton Academy
Kings of Leon have announced two more dates next summer around the UK to continue their status as one of our biggest and most popular bands.
I’m guessing they may add a few more dates to make it worth their while, or play a few European festivals around the festival times… we’ll see in due course.
Tickets go on sale at 9am this Friday 14th November with all tickets priced at £32.50 each. Catch them at:
Monday 15th June 2009 - The O2 Arena, London.
Monday 22nd June 2009 - Manchester Evening News Arena.
(Some tickets go on presale from here from 9am tomorrow, 12th November by the way)
Robyn Hitchcock has announced a string of UK tour dates for next February.
Tickets are on sale now, priced around the £13 mark.
Saturday 7th February 2009 - Glasgow ABC2
Sunday 8th February 2009 - Newcastle Academy 2
Tuesday 10th February 2009 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Wednesday 11th February 2009 - Birmingham Glee Club
Thursday 12th February 2009 - London Union Chapel
Friday 13th February 2009 - Bury The Met
Saturday 14th February 2009 - Bracknell South Hill Park Arts Centre
Monday 16th February 2009 - Brighton Komedia
Tuesday 17th February 2009 - Cambridge Junction 2
Wednesday 18th February 2009 - Bristol The Fleece
Thursday 19th February 2009 - Cardiff The Globe
John Legend has announced a string of four UK shows next March. The US crooner, who personally I ain’t a huge fan of, is playing four shows up and down the UK over a week next year.
Tickets for the below dates go on sale at 9am on Friday (7th November).
Catch him at:
Monday 9th March 2009 - London Brixton Academy
Thursday 12th March 2009 - Glasgow Academy
Friday 13th March 2009 - Manchester Apollo
Saturday 14th March 2009 - Birmingham Academy
We announced earlier in the year that Counting Crows were doing a massive tour of the UK and Ireland this winter. However they’ve just announced that they’ve cancelled it “due to unexpected personal and work commitments in the USA”. So basically they don’t love us.
See Tickets are still saying that Ben Folds is playing, which will be good if he is… fingers crossed, eh?
Either way, the rescheduled dates are below. Tickets are on sale now, at £33.50 for all dates except London which is £35 a ticket.
Monday 4th May 2009 - Sheffield Academy
Tuesday 5th May 2009 - Newcastle Academy
Sunday 10th May 2009 - Glasgow SECC
Monday 11th May 2009 - Manchester MEN Arena
Wednesday 13th May 2009 - Birmingham NIA
Thursday 14th May 2009 - London Wembley Arena
Saturday 16th May 2009 - Cardiff International Arena
Monday 18th May 2009 - Bournemouth International Centre
Tuesday 19th May 2009 - Nottingham Royal Centre
Sunday 24th May 2009 - Brighton Centre
Tickets go on sale on Friday (7th November) at 9:30am.
Catch the Essex lads at:
Sunday 5th April 2009 - Cardiff International Arena
Monday 6th April 2009 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Tuesday 7th April 2009 - Glasgow SECC
Thursday 9th April 2009 - Birmingham NIA
Friday 10th April 2009 - Manchester MEN Arena
Saturday 11th April 2009 - Nottingham Trent FM Arena
Monday 13th April 2009 - Sheffield Arena
Tuesday 14th April 2009 - Brighton Centre
Friday 17th April 2009 - London Wembley Arena
Adam Ficek’s new project, Roses Kings Castles has announced a string of UK tour dates for next January. The Babyshambles drummer will head out on the road for a 16 date tour playing some small and cosy places in support of his debut solo collection, also named Roses Kings Castles.
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NME have announced their annual NME awards tour next January and February.
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Tuesday, 18th November 2008 at 9:03 pm
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