Source: theregoesthefear.com

Quite possibly one of pop’s busiest bands this year, The Hoosiers have announced in todays NME a massive three month tour of the UK, stopping at most of our major university towns twice. Kicking off with a university Student Union tour throughout September they then start on the “normal” venues in October through to middle of Novemeber, when they deserve a pretty big break!

Tickets go on sale at varying points between now and this Friday (3rd August).

Catch the lads at:

Monday 10th September - Edinburgh Uni Students Union (students only)
Tuesday 11th September - Dundee Students Union (students only)
Thursday 13th September - London ICA
Thursday 20th September - Oxford Brookes (students only)
Friday 21st September - Paisely Uni SU (students only)
Saturday 22nd September - Glasgow QMU (students only)
Sunday 23rd September - Glasgow Strathclyde (students only)
Tuesday 25th September - Staffordshire Uni
Wednesday 26th September - Bristol UWE (students only)
Thursday 27th September - Liverpool Uni (students only)
Friday 28th September - Sheffield Uni (students only)
Sunday 30th September - Chester Uni (Warrington campus (students only))

Monday 1st October - Stoke Sugarmill
Tuesday 2nd October - Manchester Met Uni
Thursday 4th October - Preston Uni
Friday 5th October - Nottingham Trent Uni (students only)
Saturday 6th October - Plymouth Uni (students only)
Monday 8th October - Hull University SU
Tuesday 9th October - Bournemouth Uni SU
Thursday 11th October - Leeds Uni SU
Friday 12th October - Huddersfield Uni SU
Saturday 13th October - Loughborough Uni SU
Monday 15th October - Swindon Bar 12
Tuesday 16th October - Hitchin Club 85
Wednesday 17th October - London Kings College
Friday 19th October - Cambridge Soul Tree
Saturday 20th October - Northampton Soundhaus
Sunday 21st October - Exeter Cavern
Monday 22nd October - Oxford Zodiac
Wednesday 24th October - Southampton Joiners
Thursday 25th October - York Fibbers
Friday 26th October - Sheffield Plug
Saturday 27th October - Middlesborough Arena
Monday 29th October - Bristol Thekla Social
Tuesday 30th October - Liverpool Barfly
Wednesday 31st October - Hull The Lamp

Thursday 1st November - Edinburgh Heriot-Watt Uni
Saturday 3rd November - Inverness The Raigmore
Sunday 4th November - Aberdeen Cafe Drummond
Monday 5th November - Dundee Fat Sams
Wednesday 7th November - Glasgow King Tuts
Thursday 8th November - Birmingham Barfly
Friday 9th November - Manchester Night & Day (Club Fandango)
Saturday 10th November - Newcastle Academy
Sunday 11th November - Norwich Arts Centre
Tuesday 13th November - Southend Chinnerys
Wednesday 14th November - Brighton Barfly

Source: theregoesthefear.com

Scouting For Girls have announced a one off London date at Kings College.

They’ll play there of Friday 14th September, and tickets are now on presale if you have a livenation account. Else I assume they go on sale properly on Friday 3rd August (this Friday) at 9am.

Tickets are £9.50 each.

Picture was taken from Scouting For Girls’ MySpace.

Source: theregoesthefear.com

This year’s Lodestar festival has been cancelled.

It seems that like so many festivals they have been plagued by weather problems, and thus has fallen behind with the organisation.

The three day event on the first weekend of September (August 31st - September 2nd) was set to include Badly Drawn Boy, Maps, Idlewild, Pigeon Detectives and The Rakes amongst others.

The word is that the first Lodestar festival may well be held next Summer.

Source: morecowbell.net

Ghostly International favorites Matthew Dear and Mobius Band will be touring this fall. What a great lineup! Be sure and check this one out:

10.01 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
10.02 - Johnny Brenda’s - Philadelphia, PA
10.03 - Satellite Ballroom - Charlottesville, VA
10.04 - Rock n’ Roll Hotel - Washington DC
10.05 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
10.06 - Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
10.08 - Emo’s - Austin, Tx
10.09 - Granada - Dallas, TX
10.12 - Hi-Dive - Denver, CO
10.13 - Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI
10.16 - Echo - Los Angeles, CA
10.18 - Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
10.19 - Holocene - Portland, OR
10.20 - Crocodile - Seattle, WA
10.21 - Media Club - Vancouver, BC Canada
10.24 - Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN
10.25 - Cafe Montemarte - Madison, WI
10.26 - Smart Bar - Chicago, IL
10.27 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH

If you haven’t done so already, be sure to check out Matthew Dear’s new record Asa Breed. Samples on Ghostly.com and Myspace. The record continues to pick up steam overseas (and in the US) garnering full-page 4 star reviews in Q, Mojo and Mixmag.