Originally written by Luke Slater · 15 June 2010
Current flavour of the month and darlings of the UK indie press The Drums have just announced a UK headline tour of the UK and Ireland. It includes some pretty large venues, like the HMV Forum. How big are they now? Well, their debut record (which we reviewed here) managed to make its steady way to number 16 in the UK album charts. Reasonabubble.
Anyway, here are those dates:
November: 24 - London, HMV Forum 26 - Bristol, Anson Rooms 27 - Birmingham, HMV Institute 29 - Glasgow, ABC 30 - Belfast, Mandela Hall
December: 1 - Dublin, Academy 3 - Newcastle, Northumbria University 4 - Leeds, Metropolitan University 5 - Nottingham, Rock City 6 - Manchester, Academy 2
PLUS, there's some previously announced festival dates, as well as one in Cambridge. Here they are:
27/6 - Glastonbury Festival 29/6 - Cambridge, Junction 30/6 - London, Hyde Park w/ Kings of Leon 10/7 - Oxegen Festival 11/7 - T In The Park 28-29/8 Reading and Leeds Festivals
LET'S GO SURFING!