Foals announce full UK and Eire Feb/Mar tour 2013

Today Foals announce their full UK and Eire tour in Feb/March 2013. Last week the band announced a one off show at London’s Royal Albert Hall March 28th which sold out in 15 minutes.

Tickets for the tour go onsale Friday 16th November at 10am and will be available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.gigsandtours.co.uk 0207 589 8212 / 0844 811 0051 / 0844 826 2826

Foals premiered their brand new, electrifying comeback track ‘Inhaler” on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show last week.  It was played three times in 45 minutes on the show, and the accompanying video has had half a million hits on Youtube in 4 days.  They will perform the track, and another brand new song, on Later with Jools Holland this evening and this Friday.

Inhaler is an epic, blistering, shamanistic purging of the soul – four urgent minutes set out to raise the dead, hit the UK last week.  Heavier than anything Foals have written before it nevertheless shines with their inimitable groove and funk. Lyrics reference claustrophobia and narcissism.
                                                                   
With two top 10 albums already under their belt, Oxford five-piece Foals prepare to return with their third and most exhilarating album yet.  The new album is titled ‘Holy Fire’ and is due for UK release Feb 11th 2013.   

Holy Fire has been recorded by prestigious production duo Flood and Moulder at Assault and Battery studios in London.  Their previous work includes Smashing Pumpkins, PJ Harvey, Nine Inch Nails, and The Killers. 

Foals were nominated for a Mercury nomination with ‘Total Life Forever’.  At the 2011 NME awards in they won ‘Best Single’ for Spanish Sahara and were nominated for four other awards.  They were also nominated for ‘Best Song’ for Spanish Sahara at the 2011 Ivor Novello awards .


Foals are:

Yannis Philippakis – 26 (vocals/guitar)
Edwin Congreave – 28 (keys)
Walter Gervers - 28 (bass)
Jimmy Smith - 28 (guitar/keys)
Jack Bevan - 27 (drums)

Thurs 28th Feb                     Dublin, The Academy
Sat March 2nd                       Manchester, HMV Ritz
Mon March 4th                      Liverpool, O2 Academy
Tues March 5th                    Glasgow, O2 ABC
Weds March 6th                   Birmingham, HMV Institute
Fri March 8th                         Norwich, UEA
Sat March 9th                        Leeds, Leeds Met Uni
Mon March 11th                   Bristol, O2 Academy
Tues March 12th                  Nottingham, Rock City
Weds March 13th                 Portsmouth, Pyramid

Tickets: www.gigsandtours.com