NEWS ROUNDUP (20/11/09)
November 20, 2009,
Written by Brianna Saraceno
Today's roundup includes Girls, The Drums, ATP New York Festival, and Pulled Apart By Horses.
*Remember! The news roundup gets updated throughout the day, so make sure you come back later for more news!
Girls
(pictured above)
Not stopping for a second, band of the moment, Girls, have announced a headline tour of the UK and Europe for February and March of 2010. Tickets are on sale now.
FEBRUARY
22 – Brighton, Audio
25 – Southampton, Talking Heads
26 – Lancaster, Library
27 – Glasgow, Stereo
MARCH
01 – Dublin, Whelans
02 – Manchester, Deaf Institute
03 – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
05 – Paris, Maroquinerie
06 – Brussels, Botanique
07 – Amsterdam, Paradiso
08 – Hamburg, Molotow
10 – Gothenburg, Pusterviksbaren
11 – Stockholm, Debaser Slussen
13 – Berlin, Bang Bang Club
14 – Cologne, Werkstatt
15 – Strasbourg, Laiterie Club
16 – Lille, Aeronef
17 – Nantes, Olympic
Visit Girls at Myspace
The Drums
Another band of the moment, The Drums, have announced more UK dates. The huge announcement comes after playing once in London and then coming back for a mini tour in October, and now they're going to be playing some of the biggest venues with The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club and the Big Pink for the NME Awards Tour.
SHOCKWAVES NME AWARDS TOURS 2010
Thursday 4th February - Newcastle O2 Academy
Friday 5th February - Glasgow Barrowland
Saturday 6th February - Manchester Academy
Sunday 7th February - Leeds O2 Academy
Tuesday 9th February - Nottingham Rock City
Wednesday 10th February - Norwich UEA
Thursday 11th February - Birmingham O2 Academy
Saturday 13th February - Cardiff University
Sunday 14th February - Bristol O2 Academy
Monday 15th February - Brighton Dome
Tuesday 16th February - Bournemouth O2 Academy
Thursday 18th February - Portsmouth Pyramid / Portsmouth Guildhall
Friday 19th February - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Saturday 20th February - Brixton O2 Academy
For Drums related stuff closer to now, their new single 'I Felt Stupid' is set for release on December 7th through Moshi Moshi. They also have a wonderful little EP called 'Summertime!' out now on Moshi Moshi as well.
Visit The Drums on Myspace
ATP New York Festival
To continue the year-long celebrations of Ten Years of ATP, All Tomorrow's Parties will return to Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello for it's third ATP New York festival over Labor Day weekend, running from Friday 3rd September – Sunday 5th September. Weekend and Day Tickets are available, with a Layaway Ticket option available.
Tickets are available from today on pre-sale via ATP, and will go on general sale this coming Wednesday from ticketsellers via www.atpfestival.com
On Friday 3rd September, ATP will present our regular day of Don't Look Back performances, with a very special list of acts set to perform:
IGGY & THE STOOGES performing Raw Power
SLEEP performing Holy Mountain
MUDHONEY performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles
THE SCIENTISTS performing Blood Red River (first ever U.S. Show)
+ more to be confirmed!
Friday will also feature DJs, a Comedy Stage and Cinema curated by the Criterion Collection.
Visit ATP Festival at their Website
Pulled Apart By Horses
After finishing a run of very successful dates with Biffy Clyro, Pulled Apart By Horses have announced their last few shows of 2009. All dates are below...
Dec 3rd, Thursday - Bucks New Union - High Wycombe
Dec 5th, Saturday - The Cockpit Xmas alldayer show curated by Pulled Apart by Horses (Doors 2pm) - Leeds
Dec 15th, Tuesday - Captains Rest - Glasgow
Dec 16th, Wednesday - Sneaky Pete’s - Edinburgh
Dec 19th, Saturday - Chinnerys - Southend
Visit Pulled Apart By Horses on Myspace
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