The View have announced quite possibly one of the biggest tours this year as they embark on a 35 date UK tour this October and November.

Lets hope they don’t wear the same jeans throughout, else come Dundee they’ll be able to walk home on their own.

Tickets are on sale now. Catch them at:

Thursday 16th October - Dunfermline Velocity
Friday 17th October - Inverness Raigmore
Saturday 18th October - Forres The Loft
Sunday 19th October - Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
Tuesday 21st October - Newcastle Academy 2
Wednesday 22nd October - Hull Welly Club
Thursday 23rd October - Manchester Moho Live
Friday 24th October - Nottingham Bodega
Sunday 26th October - Wrexham Central Station
Monday 27th October - Swansea Sin City
Tuesday 28th October - Shrewsbury Buttermarket
Thursday 30th October - Falmouth Princess Pavilion
Friday 31st October - Brighton Old Market
Saturday 1st November - Reading After Dark
Sunday 2nd November - Gloucester Guildhall
Tuesday 4th November - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Wednesday 5th November - Milton Keynes Woughton Centre
Thursday 6th November - Colchester Arts Centre
Friday 7th November - Stoke Sugarmill
Sunday 9th November - Norwich Arts Centre
Monday 10th November - Sheffield Plug
Tuesday 11th November - Carlisle Brickyard
Wednesday 12th November - Glasgow King Tuts
Sunday 16th November - Middlesbrough Cornerhouse
Monday 17th November - Leeds Faversham
Tuesday 18th November - Liverpool Barfly
Wednesday 19th November - Oxford Academy
Friday 21st November - London Astoria
Saturday 22nd November - Bristol Thekla
Sunday 23rd November - Cardiff The Point
Monday 24th November - Leicester Charlotte
Wednesday 26th November - York Duchess
Thursday 27th November - Aberdeen Lemon Tree
Saturday 29th November - Kirkcaldy Ocean
Sunday 30th November - Dundee Fat Sams

They’ve been off recording for much of the past 18 months or so, but one of my favourite bands, the slightly Keane / Thirteen Senses-esque Longview have announced a string of three UK dates for late March.

Ticket links are below, though London’s tickets haven’t gone on sale yet I believe.

Thursday 27th March - London Garage
Friday 28th March - Birmingham Barfly (Tickets)
Saturday 29th March - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (Tickets)

The View have announced a quick homecoming tour in early December.

They’ll play 6 dates around the UK culminating in a special hometown show at Dundee’s University.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, 12th October at 9am UK time. Catch the lads at:

Sunday 2nd December - Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
Monday 3rd December - Leeds Cockpit
Tuesday 4th December - Brighton Concorde 2
Monday 10th December - London Astoria
Tuesday 11th December - Stoke Sugarmill
Thursday 13th December - Dundee University

Those lovely people at iTunes have set up their own “festival” in the centre of London to take place at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) throughout July, with a raft of the best in current bands playing each night.

iTunes will be recording each of the shows and are planning to make songs from the shows available via their music shop. The ICA holds about 350 people, making the shows exceptionally intimate.

The bands include, in date order:

Mika supported by Leon Jean-Marie (1)
Crowded House supported by Justin Nozuka (2)
Travis supported by The Hoosiers (3)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club supported by Nine Black Alps (4)
Groove Armada supported by Mutya Buena and Beardyman (7)
Ash supported by Ben’s Brother (8)
The View (9)
Imogen Heap supported by James Wolff (10)
Editors supported by GoodBooks (11)
Scott Matthews (12)
Athlete supported by Tiny Dancers (13)
Paolo Nutini (14)
Gianna Nannini (15)
Ludovico Einaudi supported by Dhafer Youssef (16)
The Bad Plus supported by Rebekka Bakken (17)
The Pigeon Detectives supported by The Rakes (18)
Beverley Knight supported by Raul Midón (19)
Stereophonics supported by Little Man Tate (20)
Jamie Scott & The Town (21)
Wir Sind Helden (23)
Amy Winehouse supported by The Rumble Strips and Remi Nicole (25)
Just Jack supported by Mr Hudson & The Library (26)
Jack Penate (27)
The Maccabees supported by Goldspot (28)
Duke Special supported by Tom McRae (29)
The Coral supported by Candie Payne (30)

Tickets will be given away free via radio, TV stations and band and fan websites. The specific details of which will be announced soon. Some tickets are already available from the itunes festival website.

Photo taken from Mteson’s flickr stream.

This week it seems lots of bands are on tour, but not many BIG bands, which gives you lots of choice. If I’ve missed anything out, or anyone has any spare tickets for anything in London on Tuesday night let me know and we can sort something out!

First up, Bloc Party continue their week long tour of the UK that they began last night in Cambridge, moving on to play Wolverhampton tonight, Plymouth Pavillions on Monday, Blackpool Empress Ballroom on Wednesday, and finally London’s Brixton Academy on Thursday and Friday. Tickets available from See Tickets for some dates, as well as some of the venue box offices.

On some dates Bloc Party will be supported by Biffy Clyro, who also play a date at Stoke Sugarmill on Tuesday as a warm up for their Bloc Party warm up dates and their May tour. Tickets on sale here.

The 2007 Camden Crawl takes place on Thursday and Friday in London, including all the best up and coming talent from accross London at some of the best Camden venues.

Zane Lowe favourites Cold War Kids embark on the start of their tour on Wednesday in Bristol, before moving on to Nottingham and Manchester. They then tour the rest of the country in the following two weeks. Tickets available from See Tickets again.

Teenage girl favourites Hanson embark on a short UK tour covering Newcastle, Birmingham and Manchester this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday respectively. They also play Koko in London on Sunday. Tickets from here and venue box offices.

Jamie T embarks on a full UK tour in Southampton next Saturday, before Norwich on Sunday and the rest of the UK in the coming two weeks. Tickets from here.

Kings of Leon embark on a full UK tour tonight in Plymouth, covering just about everywhere. Tickets from here.

Lostprophets UK Arena tour kicks off this week, covering Manchester, Birmingham and London’s Wembley Arena this week. Tickets from here.

Crazily moustached Luke Toms embarks on his own tour on Wednesday in Liverpool. He’s been the support band of choice for a fair few bands in recent months: Keane, Thirteen Senses and The Feeling. Tickets here.

Paulo Nutini starts his UK tour of larger theatres on Tuesday, playing just about everywhere, including a four night home town stand in early May. Tickets here.

Other Zane Lowe favourites The Enemy continue their UK tour on Monday night, taking in most mid-sized venues in the UK. Tickets here.

I was hoping to be able to see Switches at London’s 100 Club on Tuesday, however tickets have now sold out, so I won’t be. Tickets for their UK tour here.

Dundee favourites The View play a variety of venues out and about this week, mostly sold out, however there are still a few tickets for the Forum date in London next Saturday. Tickets here.

Last but not least, girl band The Pipettes play their largest tour to date, all over the UK playing mid-size venues. Tickets here.