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Fans of soft-rock rejoice, The Feeling are back on the road again in March. Oh yes, just when you thought the nation had had enough of their middling sugary pop-rock, they bounce back with a new album, ‘Join With Us’, which will be in the shops on Monday 18th February.

Tickets are on sale now, priced around £15 for each date. See my review of them at Shepherds Bush in November 2006 here.

Friday 7th March - Birmingham Academy
Sunday 9th March - Bristol Academy
Monday 10th March - Nottingham Rock City
Tuesday 11th March - Newcastle Academy
Wednesday 13th March - Manchester Academy
Thursday 14th March - Glasgow Barrowlands
Friday 15th March - Leeds University
Sunday 17th March - Southampton Guildhall
Monday 18th March - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th March - London Shepherds Bush Empire

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Glam superstars Late of the Pier have announced a full headlining tour next February.

Tickets are on sale now priced between £6 and £7.50

Monday 4th February - Exeter Cavern
Wednesday 6th February - Oxford Carling Academy
Thursday 7th February - Reading Fez
Saturday 9th February - Tunbridge Wells Forum
Monday 11th February - Bedford Esquires
Friday 15th February - Leeds Cockpit
Saturday 16th February - Birmingham Bar Academy
Sunday 17th February - Manchester Club Academy
Monday 18th February - Newcastle Carling Academy 2
Tuesday 19th February - Aberdeen Moshulu
Friday 22nd February - Liverpool Korova
Sunday 24th February - Peterborough Met Lounge
Tuesday 26th February - Sheffield Plug
Wednesday 27th February - Northampton Soundhaus
Friday 29th February - Hertford Marquee

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Sheffield quintet Monkey Swallows the Universe have announced that they’re to go on indefinate hiatus, but before they disband, they’re to play 7 final shows over the coming three months.

Tickets are available now for each date from each venue’s box office. Catch them at:

Saturday 15th December - Farndale, The Band Room
Thursday 20th December - Sheffield, University
Friday 11th January - London, Bush Hall
Friday 18th January - Sheffield, The Boardwalk
Saturday 9th February - Glasgow, The Flying Duck
Sunday 10th February - Aberdeen, The Tunnels
Monday 11th February - Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire

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Manchester’s The Courteeners have announced details for a full UK tour early next year, playing 20 dates around the UK over a month.

Tickets go on sale on Thursday, 22nd November, at 9am from the usual sources.

Wednesday 16th January - Preston 53 Degrees
Thursday 17th January - Hull Welly Club
Friday 18th January - Warrington Parr Hall
Monday 21st January - Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Tuesday 22nd January - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Saturday 26th January - Tunbridge Wells Forum
Sunday 27th January - Reading Fez Club
Monday 28th January - Leicester Charlotte
Tuesday 29th January - Cambridge Barfly
Thursday 31st January - Peterborough Met Lounge
Friday 1st February - Oxford Academy
Saturday 2nd February - Swansea Sin City
Monday 4th February - Bristol Thekla
Tuesday 5th February - Turo L2 Nightclub
Wednesday 6th February - Plymouth University
Thursday 7th February - Stoke Sugarmill
Saturday 9th February - Middlesbrough Arena
Thursday 14th February - Inverness Raigmore
Friday 15th February - Aberdeen Kef
Saturday 16th February - Dundee Fat Sams

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Coventry’s The Enemy have announced details of a suitably impressive range of dates next March and April. Currently they only have four dates that See Tickets have announced, but surely there are more to fill the gaps, so bear with us and we’ll update this as soon as we know.

Tickets go on sale on Friday morning (9th November) at 9am for these:

Wednesday 19th March - Manchester Apollo
Friday 28th March - London Astoria
Saturday 29th March - London Astoria
Saturday 5th April - Coventry Ricoh Arena

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XFM have announced details of a string of Winter Wonderland UK Tour dates, with all sorts of megastars lined up to play some sensational gigs.

As with previous years, all dates are in aid of Shelter, the homeless charity.

Tickets go on sale next Friday (9th November) at 9am, but many of the headlining bands and XFM members can get them as soon as next Wednesday or Thursday by pre-registering or such like.

Sunday 9th December - London Brixton Academy -
Bloc Party, Supergrass, Kate Nash, One Night Only, School of Rock Winner
Monday 10th December - Glasgow Academy -
Stereophonics, The Twang, Special Guests, Figure 5, School of Rock Winner
Tuesday 11th December - Manchester Apollo -
The Charlatans, Special Guests, The Courteeners, The Ting Tings, School of Rock Winner
Wednesday 12th December - Cardiff University -
Super Furry Animals, The Enemy, Kids In Glass Houses, Special guests, Duffy (accoustic set)

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

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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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Coventry’s The Enemy have announced details of their final 2007 show at London’s ULU in mid December.

The lads will play the Year Zero club night on Friday 14th December, with support from Figure Five, Prego and Alvarez Kings.

Tickets for the night are on sale now at Ticketweb for £12 each. It’s over 16’s only, and goes from 7:30 till 1am.

Photo from Radio 1 interactive’s flickr stream. under the Creative Commons License.

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Cardiff rockers Future of The Left have announced details of a quick tour of the UK before Christmas.

They’ll play the below 7 dates in early December. Tickets are on sale now priced £7.50 each or £8.50 for London. Catch the lads at:

Tuesday 4th December - Manchester Club Academy
Wednesday 5th December - Leeds Faversham
Thursday 6th December - Glasgow Barfly
Friday 7th December - Nottingham Rock City
Sunday 9th December - Brighton Freebutt
Monday 10th December - London King’s College
Tuesday 11th December - Bristol Academy 2

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The Rakes have announced details of a suprise gig this Friday 5th October in London.

The band will play the launch of new clubnight Twisted Licks, which is taking place at the 229 in Great Portland Street.

The Bishops and Assembly Now will also play, while the second room will be curated by Man Like Me.