Sangally announces tour to promote new E.P. Ride to the Stars

 Sangally is on tour from 21 to 27 of April to promote his new Ep "Ride to the Stars” including his first single "Ride" broadcasted on French national radio.

21 of April at Underbelly , 11 Hoxton square, London N1 6NU

23 of April at Dublin Castle, 94 Parkway, Camden, NW1

24 of April at Rise 46, 46 Battersea Rise, London SW11 1EE

25 of April at Live Studio Session at Wax

26 of April at Proud, The Horse Hospital Stables Market, chalk Farm Road, Camden Town, NW1 8AH

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Bandcamp     : http://sangally.bandcamp.com/

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The Hotelles annouce Summer Tour

You aware of newer wave trio, The Hotelles?

They will co-headline Amersham Arms with The Bright Ones (debut single tour, London date) on Thursday 25th July

(The "stage style street style" episode of the ArtBeat live music and networking social events)
388 New Cross Road, London SE14 6TY http://amershamarms.com

Multi media music magic; tune into GigSlutz Show 7-9pm on opticalradio.net also wifi-broadcast into the venue.

8pm Doors / Social - get a free entry hand stamp, after 9pm entry is £5 / £3 NUS. DJs til 2am. Bang.

The Hotelles; UK rock tardis (small sweaty venue punk energy on the outside, big arena musical sensibilities bursting out of the inside). Generation NX youths, An alternative guitar band of three brothers who play fast rock n roll tinged with Arctic Monkeys, Cribs, Libertines and Strokes influences. The blogs n new music media are loving them, the industry's ears are pricked up. Investigate; http://www.thehotelles.com/

That London Summer 2013 tour in full

Jun 06 New Cross Inn, 9.45pm - Free
Jun 08 Slug Couture Boat Rave, Deptford, Costa del Thames
Jun 09 Dublin Castle, Camden £3/£4
Jun 11 Spindle Magazine Party, House of Wolf, Islington
Jul 25 ArtBeat, Amersham Arms, New Cross
Aug 09 Cross-Fest Festival, New Cross

Barry Southgate to support Craig David on his Australian Tour

Having opened for RandB giants Brian McKnight, Eric Benet, Joe and K-Ci and JoJo, toured internationally with renowned artist, Darlene Zschech, and multi Grammy Award winner, Israel Houghton, penned songs for artists like Stan Walker – and even sung for the Pope – one thing is for sure:

Barry Southgate possesses a talent and star quality that is unmistakable.

Regularly featuring in TV commercials, 2012 saw the multifaceted artist taking the leap to the silver screen for the first time, securing a small role in the critically acclaimed, #1 Australian box office hit, The Sapphires.

Adding ‘philanthropist’ to his growing list of skills as well, Barry is an ambassador for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

Currently working on a follow-up to his Epitome EP, Southgate features onDiafrix’s latest offering, Pocket Full Of Dreams.  The exciting release finds him in stellar company, including ARIA winner 360, X-Factor NZ judge Stan Walker, American artist Dwele, and the soulful Daniel Merriweather.

Barry will support Craig David’s Australian tour in March 2013.

Source:  www.barrysouthgate.com

June Tabor and Oysterband - live in Ulverston, Manchester and Leeds this December

June Tabor and Oysterband [Coronation Hall, Ulverston]
Sunday 2nd Dec // 7pm // £17.50

June Tabor and Oysterband [Royal Exchange, Manchester]
Sunday 9th Dec // 7pm // £15.50 - £18.50

June Tabor and Oysterband [Town Hall, Leeds]
Monday 10th Dec // 7.30pm // £16.50 - £18.50


Band on the Wall is thrilled to announce a series of unmissable concerts across the North of England by one of the most loved electric folk bands, Oysterband, reunited with long time collaborator, friend and folk giant June Tabor.

Twenty-one years ago June Tabor and Oysterband made a landmark album of dark folk together called Freedom and Rain - a union Rolling Stone called “a marriage made in heaven”.

"If you can't appreciate June Tabor, you should just stop listening to music", said Elvis Costello. June plus Oysterband's potent energy and top-flight musicianship made for something out of the ordinary, and they toured the UK and America with great success. Following this friendships continued while careers diverged.

However, a reunion to play a short set at Roots Magazine's 30th birthday party at the Roundhouse in 2010 sparked the chemistry again. Soon they were back in the studio, and with a new albumful of gorgeous tunes and brooding intensity called Ragged Kingdom, plus revisited and refreshed songs from 1991, June Tabor and Oysterband launch one of the most anticipated collaborations of recent years. And so it proved - at this year's BBC Folk Awards Oysterband swept the board receiving 4 awards including Best Group, Best Album and Folk Singer of the Year.

More info and tickets available by clicking the links above.
Tickets also available in person from Band on the Wall, seetickets.com or by calling 0845 2 500 500.

Joe Bonamassa announces 4 London concerts in March 2013

Following the May 21st release of Joe Bonamassa’s critically acclaimed 13th solo album Driving Towards The Daylight, which is currently #2 in the UK’s Official Album Chart, the renowned guitarist will perform a series of four significant London concerts that chronicles his rise from playing the intimate Borderline to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall.

Blues rock fans will be able to purchase tickets to see Joe perform at four different London venues including The Borderline (March 26), 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (March 27), HMV Hammersmith Apollo (March 28) and the Royal Albert Hall (March 30).  All concert tickets, including a very special Borderline ticket entry, go on sale on Friday June 1st from the 24 Hour Ticket Box Office: 0844 478 0898, or can be booked online from www.thegigcartel.com.

A special 48-hour ticket pre-sale on Planet Rock radio will start from Wednesday May 30th, two days before tickets go on sale to the general public.

For those fans that purchase a special VIP ticket, this will enable them to attend all four concerts, including admission to see Bonamassa perform at the Borderline in London on Tuesday 26th March 2013.  The Borderline concert is restricted to a limited run of 200 tickets, and will showcase Joe’s atmospheric rise to the top of the guitar world, in an intimate and a reduced capacity setting of this famous London West End venue where it all began for the critically acclaimed blues rock guitarist.

Now’s your chance to get up close and personal in London with Joe Bonamassa at what is being hailed as “The Guitar Event of the Year.”  

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Hue and Cry Hot Wire Stripped tour comes to Erics Liverpool

Thu 3 May       Liverpool      Eric’s     0151 2369994/ Ticketmaster  £19.50

Scottish soul-pop pioneers Hue and Cry will be coming to Eric's on Thursday May 3rd 2012.

With the brand new Hue and Cry album ‘HOT WIRE’ being released on March 19th, brothers Pat and Greg Kane will be hitting the road again, this time to perform several intimate stripped down shows as a duo, taking in lots of venues all over the country during April and May.

The band whose new album Hot Wire - the first new album from Pat and Greg Kane since 2008’s Open Soul - is released on March 19th, will be performing much of their celebrated back catalogue as well as an introductory selection of songs from the new record. Hot Wire itself combines a love of Steely Dan and the solo work of Becker and Fagan with a sprawling template that includes songs reminiscent of Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone and early New Orleans’ inspired funk. 

These special Hue and Cry Hot Wire Stripped shows will feature countless favourite songs along with an introductory selection of songs from the new album all performed up close and personal by Pat and Greg Kane who’ll be packing the keyboards, guitar and microphones for the trip. Once again, these are definitely shows not to be missed by any Hue and Cry fan.

Hue and Cry is a pop duo formed in 1983 in Coatbridge, Scotland by the brothers Pat Kane (vocals) and Greg Kane (Music/Production). They had a number of  hits in the UK Singles Chart in the late 1980s, and early 1990s.

Alongside Wet Wet Wet, Texas, and Deacon Blue, blue eyed soul-pop siblings Hue & Cry were one of the most successful acts to emerge from the Scottish music scene that dominated the charts in the late '80s. The duo from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire decided to start making music together in 1983, when Pat Kane was about to graduate from university and brother Greg was still at school. 

After releasing their first single, "Here Comes Everybody," through small Glasgow label Stampede in 1984, they signed to Virgin Records subsidiary Circa, where they released debut album Seduced and Abandoned, and scored their biggest hit, "Labour of Love," three years later. Top Ten albums Remote (1988), Bitter Suite (1989), and Stars Crash Down (1991) followed, but by the time of 1992's Truth & Love, released through their own label. Free from their commercial constraints, they released a series of experimental albums throughout the '90s, including a collaboration with composer Richard Niles (1994's Showtime!), the jazz-based Piano & Voice (1995) and JazzNotJazz (1996), and 1999's Next Move, which incorporated drum 'n' bass, R&B, and Latin funk. In 2005, they briefly returned to the mainstream when they lost out to Shakin' Stevens in the final of ITV pop star comeback contest Hit Me Baby One More Time. The resulting exposure earned them support slots with Jamie Cullum and Al Green, and in 2008 they released their first studio album in nine years, Open Soul, which was followed a year later by Xmasday.

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back - May 2012 Tour Dates

Tickets are on general sale from 9am - Friday 3rd February. Priced £26.00 plus booking fee and are available from www.bookingsdirect.com* or the 24hr Ticket Hotline 0844 338 0000* and venue box offices. 

For more information and VIP Package details go to: www.thinlizzyband.com

Special Guests on these dates will be BLACK SPIDERS and THE TREATMENT.

Thin Lizzy are:

Scott Gorham – guitar Damon Johnson – guitar
Ricky Warwick – vocals/guitar Marco Mendoza – bass
Darren Wharton – keyboards Brian Downey – drums

*all dates except Edinburgh & Norwich

 Thin Lizzy have announced additional UK dates to their 2012 tour schedule.

The legendary rockers, due to phenomenal demand, will play 7 additional dates in May.

The lineup, feature vocalist Ricky Warwick, bassist Marco Mendoza and guitarist Damon Johnson alongside Classic Thin Lizzy members Scott Gorham, Brian Downey and Darren Wharton have gone from strength to strength since announcing their return in May 201O.

Currently blowing away fans with 13 dates across the UK during January and further dates in February, Scott Gorham commented "The response has been amazing – there are some towns we haven’t played with this line up and demand for us to play there means we can add more shows – so here you are!!’

The band, who have not released a studio album since 1983's 'Thunder And Lightning', indicated earlier this year that they are considering recording new material together. Were this to happen, it would mark the first new music the band had released since the death of front man Phil Lynott in 1986. Thin Lizzy will play:

MAY 2012

Wed 16 GUILDFORD, G Live 0844 7701 797

Fri 18 LIVERPOOL, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000

Sat 19 EDINBURGH, HMV Picture House 08448 444 747

Sun 20 MIDDLESBROUGH, Empire 01642 253 553

Tue 22 NOTTINGHAM, Rock City 0845 413 4444

Wed 23 NORWICH, UEA LCR 01603 508 050

Thu 24 BOURNEMOUTH, O2 Academy 0844 477 2000

The Prestige - Debut album out in April

Born in 2009 from the ashes of french metalcore band Draftdown, The Prestige, an hi-energy quartet from Paris, which plays a mix between (post) chaotic hardcore, intense punk, metal and rock under constant injection of adrenaline, will release its debut full length album on April 3rd through Basement Apes Industries, Brain Ache, Enjoyment Records & Tangled Talk.  

Entitled "Black mouths", this album has been produced by the band itself, recorded by Guyom Pavesi (Die On Monday, Headcharger, The Locomotive Sound Corporation) & Amaury Sauvé (As We Draw, Birds in Row, Comity...) @ Moulin de Favry (France) and mixed & mastered @ Riddarborgen Studios (Sweden) by Magnus Lindberg (August Burns Red, Cult of Luna, Hell Is For Heroes...).

In waiting for the album, "A series of catastrophes and consequences" the 4 songs EP released by The Prestige in 2009 is available right now for entire streaming and free download on Bandcamp.

For fans of Converge, Every Time I Die, The Ghost of a Thousand, Norma Jean, Touché Amoré, The Carrier....

Next gigs

02/05 @ Le Gibus (Paris, France) with Post-offense, Early Seasons, Churchill, Hot School...

02/24 @ Pool World (Neath, United Kingdom)

02/26 @ Westcoast Bar (Margate, United Kingdom) with Up River

04/07 @ Improvisorium (Huttwill, Switzerland) with Promethee

08/04 @ Merkker Kulturlokal (Baden, Switzerland), with Promethee

04/27 @ South Sea (Sheffield, United Kingdom) with Dead Harts

04/28 @ Penny Whistle (Northampton, United Kingdom) with Dead Harts

04/29 @ Alma Inn (Bolton, United Kingdom) with Dead Harts

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Architects announce an April headline tour

ARCHITECTS Announce an April UK headline tour/ Support comes from Rolo Tomassi and Stray From The Path/ Will be releasing ‘The Here and Now’ special edition Feb 24th/ Europe with Rise Against in Feb 2012

ARCHITECTS can now announced the 2^nd leg of their UK/IRL headlining tour, this time through April 2012, and this time with Rolo Tomassi and Stray From The Path as supports. As drummer Dan (Searle) states: "We're absolutely delighted to be hitting up some of the towns we've been neglecting over the last few years! Quite a few people were upset when or last tour was only 5 dates so this tour is our way of saying sorry! We'll be releasing our album shortly after so it'll be our first opportunity to showcase new material too, which is always an exciting prospect for us. We're delighted to bring along our friends Rolo Tomassi and Stray From the Path who are both fine young groups." Ticket link and full list of dates below:

Sun-Apr-01 BRIGHTON, CONCORDE 2

Mon-Apr-02 READING, SUB89

Tue-Apr-03 COLCHESTER, ARTS CENTRE

Wed-Apr-04 PORTSMOUTH, WEDGEWOOD ROOMS

Thu-Apr-05 CARDIFF, GREAT HALL 2

Fri-Apr-06 DUBLIN , ACADEMY

Sat-Apr-07 BELFAST , MANDELLA HALL

Mon-Apr-09 LIVERPOOL, O₂ ACADEMY2

Tue-Apr-10 NEWCASTLE, O₂ ACADEMY2

Wed-Apr-11 ABERDEEN, LEMON TREE

Fri-Apr-13 EDINBURGH, LIQUID ROOMS

Sat-Apr-14 SHEFFIELD, CORPORATION

Mon-Apr-16 WOLVERHAMPTON, SLADE ROOMS

Tue-Apr-17 STOKE, UNDERGROUND

Tickets: http://www.seetickets.com/Search?q=Architects&search=Search

ARCHITECTS have also now started recording the follow-up album to their highly successful

“The Here And Now“ at Outhouse Studios in Reading (Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, The Blackout, Funeral For A Friend, Exit Ten, Your Demise, Lower Than Atlantis, Kids In Glass Houses, Alter Bridge) with John Mitchell. The album is scheduled for a release before the summer of 2012.

 Right before ARCHITECTS embark on a European/Russian tour supporting the amazing

Rise Against,ARCHITECTS are releasing the “The Here And Now 2012 Special Edition“ including “Devil’s Island” and “Untitled” as well as all video clips (“Day In Day Out”, “Learn To Live”, “Heartburn”, “Delete, Rewind” + “An Open Letter To Myself”), making ofs for “Learn To Live“ and “Heartburn“ plus several online clips.

The explosive promo video for ‘Devils Island’ can be seen here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmOrHwWbQ0c

These April 2012 UK headline dates follow the December UK headline run with Deaf Havana and Heights, and follow other recent UK and US tours with Bring Me The Horizon. They will also head off on a full European tour with Rise Against in February/March 2012, full list of dates below:

ARCHITECTS

Supporting Rise Against, with Touché Amoré

28.02.2012 (B) Brussels - Ancienne Belgique

01.03.2012 (D) Dortmund - Westfalenhalle

02.03.2012 (D) Stuttgart - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle

03.03.2012 (D) Berlin - Arena Berlin

05.03.2012 (DK) Arhus - VoxHall

06.03.2012 (SE) Stockholm - Arenan

07.03.2012 (NO) Oslo - Sentrum Scene

09.03.2012 (FI) Helsinki - The Circus

10.03.2012 (FI) Helsinki - The Circus

12.03.2012 (RU) St. Petersburg - Club Kosmonaut

13.03.2012 (RU) Moscow -Arena Moscow

15.03.2012 (PL) Warsaw - Klub Stodola

16.03.2012 (CZ) Prague - Incheba Arena

18.03.2012 (D) Leipzig - Arena Leipzig

19.03.2012 (HU) Budapest - Petofi Hall

20.03.2012 (AT) Vienna - Austria Stadthalle

ARCHITECTS are:

Sam Carter – Vocals / Tom Searle - Guitars
Dan Searle – Drums / Tim Hillier-Brook - Guitars
Ali Dean - Bass

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The MOBO free Tour 2012

The MOBO Organisation & Urban Development present

In association with PRS for Music Foundation and Arts Council of England

By arrangement with SJM Concerts

FIRST NAMES ANNOUNCED ARE LADY LESHURR AND CLEMENT MARFO & THE FRONTLINE WITH MORE NAMES TO COME EARLY 2012        

INDUSTRY TAKEOVER TO PROVIDE FREE WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ACROSS THE UK MOBO UNSUNG COMPETITION LAUNCHES TO UNEARTH REGIONAL TALENT

MOBO.

Urban Development and PRS for Music Foundation are bringing in the New Year early with the announcement of The MOBO Tour 2012.

This free tour is set to travel to eight cities across the UK, offering audiences the opportunity to see some of 2012’s freshest, new, emerging talent on stage and attend industry workshops and seminars (via Industry Takeover @ MOBO Academy). It’s also a chance for undiscovered talent right across the country to get involved in the MOBO Unsung competition. Thanks to funding from Arts Council England and PRS for Music Foundation all of this will be provided for FREE.

Kicking off on February 22 in Birmingham, the tour will travel across the country and bring together the best of the UK’s new Urban talent. The first names to be announced are breakthrough MC Lady Leshurr (tipped to do big things in 2012 by RWD Magazine and Itunes) and MTV Brand New pick for 2012, seven piece hip-hop-rock collective Clement Marfo & The Frontline. A further five names will be confirmed in the New Year.

In addition to bringing the pick of 2012’s most hotly tipped talent to a city near you, The MOBO Tour is also creating the opportunity for brand new, undiscovered talent to win the chance to perform on stage through MOBO Unsung. This nationwide competition is open to enter NOW and all would-be performers need to do to get started is upload a video of themselves performing to YouTube and email the link, embed code and details of which region they live in, to mobounsung@mobo.com.

Entries will be hosted on www.mobo.com/mobotourfor the public to view and a judging panel of industry experts will then select a winner from each UK region, who will take the stage as part of the tour in their local area.

A team of radio DJs will select the MOBO Unsung winner from the 8 regional finalists. This winner will then join an on-line ‘Battle Of The Bands’ competition where they will compete against other newcomers put forward by established artists (but more on this to follow!) with a public vote to select the ultimate ‘battle’ winner.

To further support talent in all areas of the music industry, The MOBO Tour 2012 (with thanks to Urban Development’s ‘Industry Takeover’) will provide workshops and seminars in cities on the day of the show. Industry experts from well respected organisations including SB.TV, RWD Magazine, PRS for Music Foundation, SJM Concerts, artists on the MOBO Tour and more will all be sharing their insider industry knowledge, answering questions and offering advice to audiences across the country. And all for FREE.

The MOBO Tour, seminars, workshops and Unsung competition highlights all partners’ efforts to support, guide and nurture new and developing talent across the UK.

CATCH THE TOUR, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:

                       GIG VENUE                            INDUSTRY TAKEOVER         CITY

Feb 22         Library HMV Institute           MAC                                Birmingham

Feb 23          Manchester Academy 3       N/A                                 Manchester

Feb 24          O₂ Academy2                     Venue TBC                       Liverpool

Feb 25          The Garage                       The Mitchell Library             Glasgow

Feb 27           O₂ Academy2                     The Sage                         Newcastle

Feb 28           O₂ Academy2                     Watershed                       Bristol

Feb 29           O₂ Academy2                     Red Bull Studios                 Islington

March 1         Waterfront                        N/A                                 Norwich

TO APPLY FOR YOUR FREE TICKET FOR THE MOBO TOUR OR INDUSTRY TAKEOVER VISIT:

www.mobo.com/mobotour

TO ENTER THE MOBO UNSUNG COMPETITION PLEASE EMAIL ENTRIES TO: mobounsung@mobo.com

ENTRIES FOR THE COMPETITION MUST BE RECEIVED BY 15^TH JANUARY TO BE ELIGIBLE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NEAREST MOBO TOUR CITY WITH YOUR ENTRY.

We are Physics and The Victorian english gentlemens club tour dates

WE ARE THE PHYSICS

New Glasgow date &k Barrowlands support this Saturday

Fresh from a micro-tour of the UK this weekend - and before their massive support slot with Kassidy at the Barrowlands in Glasgow, We Are The Physics have confirmed details of another hometown date. They'll play the Captain's Rest on 11th February.

17th December Glasgow Barrowlands (w/ Kassidy)

11th February Glasgow Captain's Rest

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THE VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB

End the year with two nights supporting The Wedding Present

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club will support The Wedding Present at two gigs at the end of this month, in Leeds and Glasgow.

The dates are:

29th December Glasgow Garage

30th December Leeds O2 Academy

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Peter Hook And The Light Announce UK Tour May - June 2012

Peter Hook And The Light Announce UK Tour May to June 2012

            Fri 25^th May              Liverpool O₂ Academy (Unknown Pleasures)

            Sat 26^th May             Glasgow Oran Mor (Unknown Pleasures)

            Sun 27^th May             Nottingham Rescue Rooms (Unknown Pleasures)

            Tues 29^th May            Sheffield Leadmill (Unknown Pleasures)

            Weds 30^th May          Birmingham O₂ Academy (Unknown Pleasures)

            Fri 1^st June                  London O₂ Academy Islington (Closer)

            Sat 2^nd June                Oxford O₂ Academy (Unknown Pleasures)

Tickets On Sale – 9am Friday 16^th December 2011

Following a string of well received international dates throughout 2011 and the most recent UK concerts at The Lowry, Salford, Peter Hook And The Light have announced a UK tour for May and June 2012, visiting a number of cities for the first time to perform Joy Division’s debut album “Unknown Pleasures and returning to London for their second ever concert in the capital playing Closer.

Beginning in Liverpool, the tour sees Hooky and The Light play their second ever Scottish gig in Glasgow before returning to England with dates in Nottingham, Sheffield and Oxford, all of which are “Unknown Pleasures” concerts whereas the London date sees the first ever “Closer” concert in the city.

Tickets for all these concerts go on sale from 9am on Friday 16^th December 2011.

Playing the albums sequentially and in track order, both Martin Hannett produced LPs are considered seminal, much loved classics and their influence remains pervasive today, both with fans and for the many bands, influenced by and who have taken on the template of Joy Division’s sound in the modern era.

“Unknown Pleasures” is considered one of the most stunning debut albums ever released and “still powerful enough to floor you 30 years on” (NME) while  on“Closer” Hannett’s incandescent production permeates the record alongside a band that had grown much in confidence approaching their second album.

Both albums have come to yield many landmark tracks, “Unknown Pleasures” with “Disorder” “Insight”, “New Dawn Fades”, and “She’s Lost Control” while Closer, considered “a start to finish masterpiece” by Pitchfork Media counts “Atrocity Exhibition”, “Heart And Soul” and “Twenty Four Hours” amongst its many highlights.

With each album in full during the concert, The Light also turn to Hooky’s early repertoire to perform many other Warsaw and Joy Division tracks, some of which have never been played live previously.

Since The Light’s debut of “Unknown Pleasures” in May 2010 at The Factory, Manchester, Hooky and the band have performed across festivals including Benicassim, Vintage, 1234 and toured much of mainland Europe, Australia, North and South America. 2012 will see a stretch of central European dates and a UK date in the North West in February at Buxton Opera House before the band return to Australia prior to the full UK Tour in May and June.

For videos and concert footage from The Light check www.youtube.com/peterhookandthelight

Peter Hook And The Light’s debut EP “1102 / 2011” was released digitally on Hacienda Records in May 2011 and as a extended edition CD with American indie label 24 Hour Service in December 2010. The EP takes its name from the palindromic recording date of 11^th February 2011 at Blueprint Studio, Salford and features four tracks, The Light’s regular guest vocalist Rowetta’s interpretations of “Atmosphere”, “New Dawn Fades” and “Insight” while Peter Hook sings on the previously unfinished Joy Division track “Pictures In My Mind.” More at 

www.fac51thehacienda.com /

www.peterhook.co.uk / www.facebook.com/peterhookandthelight

NME Awards Tour 2012

THE NME AWARDS TOUR HITS THE ROAD

 

 

FEATURING

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB

METRONOMY

TRIBES

AZEALIA BANKS

 

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The infamous NME Awards Tour is back for 2012 and ready to showcase the year’s most exciting emerging music talent. Renowned for giving the freshest new acts their first taste of national notoriety – past alumni include Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Florence & The Machine, Crystal Castles and The Vaccines – 2012’s line-up captures the spirit of 2011 and sets the agenda for an explosive forthcoming year of music.

 

Running throughout February, the NME Awards Tour kicks off in Glasgow (8th) and visits 12 venues across the UK, bringing the very best in new music directly to music fans, ending with a show-stopping finale in London (25th).

 

NME editor Krissi Murison says: “As far as NME Awards Tour line-ups go, it’s difficult to imagine one more exciting than this or more representative of the cutting edge sounds that will define 2012. Every week in NME we bang on about how brilliant these bands are, and this is an amazing opportunity to see them all on the same bill. Two Door Cinema Club are one of the most exciting live bands in the world right now, Metronomy recorded arguably the album of the year, Tribes are the future of British indie music and Azealia Banks is, well, pretty much the most exciting new act on the planet. It’s going to be a good one…”

 

Having quietly become one of the UK’s best loved bands, Two Door Cinema Club will headline the hotly anticipated annual tour. Since releasing their debut album ‘Tourist History’ in March 2010, Two Door Cinema Club have rapidly become one of the biggest new success stories in UK music. After selling out headline tours in the UK, US, Europe, Australia, Asia, Japan and South America, playing two successive sold out nights at O₂ Shepherds Bush Empire and selling out the O₂ Academy Brixton in under four hours, the band have deservedly earned both a devoted word-of-mouth live following and huge critical acclaim.

 

Two Door Cinema Club say: "It feels great to be headlining the NME Tour and be amongst what feels like a great line-up as well. We had a taste of the tour when we did the local support slots when the Tour came to Ireland with the Maccabees when we were pretty much just starting out as a band. We feel a real sense of achievement to have made it this far and be one among the incredible list of headliners on the NME Awards Tour."

 

Hailing from the tiny, bohemian market town of Totnes in Devon, Metronomy join the line-up this year. One of the most expansive and visionary pop bands in the country, Metronomy will be supplying the NME Awards Tour with proof that it’s possible for electronic bands to put on a show as authentic as any rock band.

 

Metronomysay: "It's pretty exciting to be part of a travelling tour, a bit like a circus or something. It's been a while since we did a tour this long with the same bands for the whole thing, so hopefully there will be some camaraderie between the bands. Failing that there should be some incredibly violent 'beefs' which will make for good reading in the magazine."

 

London quartet Tribes have gone from prodigious debutant slots opening for their idols The Pixies, to relentless grassroots grafting of the UK dives, to being lauded ‘the future of rock ‘n’ roll’ by the Mystery Jets.

 

Tribes say: “We're really f***ing excited to be going on the NME Tour. We're really happy to be part of it, considering the history of the tour, and the fact the likes of The Vaccines and The Horrors have done it before. Hopefully there'll be some good after parties too – we're all about the partying.”

 

New York producer/MC Azealia Banks, who has been steadily perfecting her craft and making a name for herself, has bagged the coveted opening slot for the NME Awards Tour 2012. Since her first steps as a child in off-broadway theatre productions to her training at La Guardia High School of Performing Arts – a breeding ground for stars – Azealia Banks’ seasoned bars and angelic voice give everybody a reason to rewind that track.

 

Azealia Banks says: “I've been reading NME since I was old enough to ride the trains, where I’d buy it on newsstands... it's almost surreal that I’ve been selected to participate in this tour... it's such an honour.”

 

Tickets for the NME Awards Tour 2012 will be available on pre-sale exclusively through www.NME.com from 9am on Wednesday 9th November. They will then be on general release via Gigs and Tours and Ticketmaster on Friday 11th November.

 

Visitwww.NME.comfor more details.

 

Tag your tweets with ?nmeawards to join the conversation.

 

NME Awards Tour Dates 2012:

 

08 Feb Glasgow O₂ Academy

09 Feb Newcastle O₂ Academy

10 Feb Manchester Academy

14 Feb Nottingham Rock City

15 Feb Leeds O₂ Academy

17 Feb Norwich UEA

18 Feb Birmingham O₂ Academy

19 Feb Cardiff University 

20 Feb Bristol O₂ Academy

22 Feb Bournemouth O₂ Academy

23 Feb Brighton Dome

25 Feb London O₂ Academy Brixton

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Ticket Info:

 

NME pre-sale - on sale 9am on 9th November

www.NME.com/tickets or 0844 858 6765

 

 

Two Door Cinema Club - on sale 9am on 9th November

http://www.artistticket.com/

 

General release – on sale from 9am on 11th November

www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk

24hr CC hotline 0844 811 0051 / 0844 826 2826

 

An SJM Concerts presentation in association with DF Concerts and Metropolis Music

All tickets include a 50p donation to Teenage Cancer Trust

(Registered charity 1062559 in England & Wales, SC039757 in Scotland)

 

Tickets prices start from £19.10 plus a 50p charity donation to Teenage Cancer Trust.

Prices are subject to booking fees.