Originally written by Mike Diver · 24 July 2006
Mark Linkous is to tour the UK in September and October in support of the release of Sparklehorse's first album for five years, Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain, due on September 25.
Dates as follows...
September 26 Norwich Waterfront 27 Bristol Fleece 28 London Hammersmith Working Mens Club 29 Oxford Zodiac 30 Reading Fez
October 1 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 3 Nottingham Rescue Rooms 4 Glasgow King Tuts 5 Aberdeen Moshulu 6 Leeds Cockpit 8 Sheffield Leadmill 9 Brighton Old Market 10 Newcastle Academy 11 Birmingham Gee Club 12 Liverpool Stanley Theatre 19 Edinburgh Liquid Rooms 20 Manchester Royal Northern College Of Music
Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain was recorded by Linkous in North Carolina; his/Sparklehorse's last album, It's A Wonderful Life, was released back in 2001. Guests/contributors on the new album include Tom Waits, Stephen Drozd and Dangermouse. A song from it, 'Don't Take My Sunshine Away', can be heard on MySpace.