Originally written by Dom Gourlay · 18 March 2005
Fresh from wowing the record company execs and their hangers-on at South By South West, Hard-Fi initially support the Kaiser Chiefs for the first fortnight, then go out on their first major headline tour for the following 14 days.
The full dates are:-
3rd DUBLIN Ambassador Theatre (with Kaiser Chiefs) 4th BELFAST Limelight (with Kaiser Chiefs) 7th NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms (with Kaiser Chiefs) 8th LIVERPOOL Academy (with Kaiser Chiefs) 9th SHEFFIELD Leadmill (with Kaiser Chiefs) 11th GLASGOW Garage (with Kaiser Chiefs) 12th EDINBURGH Liquid Rooms (with Kaiser Chiefs) 13th LEEDS Metropolitan University (with Kaiser Chiefs) 15th BIRMINGHAM Academy 2 (with Kaiser Chiefs) 16th STOKE The Underground (Club NME night) 17th LIVERPOOL Carling Academy 19th BIRMINGHAM Club HQ (Club NME night) 21st CAMBRIDGE Anglia University 22nd MANCHESTER Night & Day 23rd HULL Silhouette Club 24th GLASGOW King Tuts 25th CARDIFF Barfly 26th NOTTINGHAM Social 27th WOLVES Little Civic 28th LONDON 100 Club 29th YORK Fibbers 30th MIDDLESBOROUGH Arena
Additionally, for those of you not able to get to Texas for the band's SXSW show, tune into MTV2 at 9pm on Sunday 27th March and every night thereafter until Sunday 3rd April at 8pm as part of Hard-Fi's set will be featured in a one hour special focusing on South By South West.