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The Cribs, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Does It Offend You Yeah? and The Ting Tings have all been confirmed for the 2008 NME Awards 2008 Shockwaves tour. They’ll embark on a month long tour of debauchery, destruction and general childishness around the UK and Ireland throughout February next year.

Tickets are on sale now priced at £15.50 each, but are sure to sell out for most dates pretty quickly.

Tuesday 29th January - Belfast Mandela Hall
Wednesday30th January - Dublin Ambassador Theatre
Friday 1st February - Glasgow Barrowland
Saturday 2nd February - Manchester Academy
Sunday 3rd February - Newcastle Carling Academy
Monday 4th February - Lincoln Engine Shed
Wednesday 6th February - Birmingham Carling Academy
Thursday 7th February - Liverpool University
Friday 8th February - Leeds University
Monday 11th February - Sheffield Octagon
Tuesday 12th February - Nottingham Rock City
Wednesday 13th February - Norwich UEA
Friday 15th February - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Saturday 16th February - Leicester University
Sunday 17th February - Oxford Carling Academy
Tuesday 19th February - Bristol Carling Academy
Wednesday 20th February - Cardiff University
Thursday 21st February - Portsmouth Pyramid
Friday 22nd February - London Brixton Academy

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The Cribs and The Coral have both just announced separate home town shows.

The Cribs play three nights of “Cribsmas” at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on December 19th-21st

Billed as ‘The Three Days Of Cribsmas,’ the three shows will run from December Wednesday 19th - Friday 21st at and will raise money for a Cystic Fibrosis charity. The band will play a different album in its entirety each night along with B-sides relevant to the album. Tickets are limited to two per person when they go on sale on Friday (2nd November) at 9am.

Meanwhile, The Coral will play three homecoming shows in Liverpool, near their home in the Wirral. They’ll play Liverpool’s Carling Academy on Wednesday 12th, Friday 14th and Saturday 15th December, with support from The View on the 12th, The Twang on the 15th and nobody yet announced on the 14th. The Saturday show will be a late one, going until 2am.

Tickets again are on sale on Friday at 9am.

MP3: The Coral - Dreaming of You (iTunes / Amazon)

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Believe it or not, Gonzo on MTV2 is 5 years old this year. To celebrate, they’re doing a tour of Barfly venues around the UK, with some of the best bands of the moment. Catch Bloc Party, We Are Scientists (who are doing yet another UK show) and The Cribs amongst other bands at each of the dates.

The ever present Operator Please are openers for each date.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on

Friday 12th October - Birmingham Barfly - Funeral For a Friend with The Dykeenies
Saturday 13th October - Cardiff Barfly - The Rumble Strips with Blood Red Shoes
Sunday 14th October - Camden Barfly - Bloc Party with Does it Offend You, Yeah?
Friday 19th October - Liverpool Barfly - The Cribs with Lightspeed Champion
Saturday 20th October - York Fibbers - Jack Penate with Dan le Sac Vs Scoobius Pip
Sunday 21st October - Glasgow Barfly - We Are Scientists with Foals

Photo is taken from Shane Bee’s flickr stream under the creative commons license

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The Cribs have announced an October tour in support of their new album “Mens Needs, Womens Needs, Whatever”. Catch them at:

Birmingham Carling Academy - Fri 5 October
Sheffield University - Sat 6 October
Norwich U.E.A. - Sun 7 October
Bradford University - Thu 11 October
Southampton Guildhall - Sun 14 October
Exeter Lemon Grove - Mon 15 October
London The Forum - Wed 17 October

Tickets are available here