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Coldplay have announced a 10 date UK tour for December around the arenas of the UK.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (30th May) at 9am.

Catch the lads at:

Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd December - Birmingham, NIA
Friday 5th and Saturday 6th - Glasgow, SECC
Sunday 7th December - Sheffield, Arena
Wednesday 10th December - Liverpool, Echo Arena
Thursday 11th and Friday 12th December - Manchester, MEN
Sunday 14th and Monday 15th December - London, O2 Arena

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Death Cab For Cutie have announced a trio of dates around the UK for the summer, almost exactly two years since their last trip over the Atlantic.

Tickets are on sale now for all dates, but expect them to go quickly as they sold out Brixton Academy last trip over here. Prices are £16 for Birmingham and Manchester, £17.50 for London.

Tuesday 15th July - Birmingham Academy
Wednesday 16th July - Manchester Apollo
Thursday 17th July - London Brixton Academy

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The first of this week’s on sales have been announced, with The Twang, Klaxons and Athlete all announcing dates that are on sale on Friday morning at 9am, with the exception of The Twang, which are on sale at 9am on Thursday (apparently). Expect them all to sell out very quickly.

One of my favourite bands of the moment, those Brum lads The Twang, are off on their biggest tour to date. They play:

Newcastle Carling Academy - Monday 8 October
Middlesbrough Town Hall - Thursday 11 October
Liverpool University - Friday 12 October
Sheffield Octagon - Sunday 14 October
Manchester Academy - Monday 15 October
Preston Uni 53 Degrees - Tuesday 16 October
Loughborough University - Thursday 18 October
Leeds University - Saturday 20 October
Birmingham Carling Academy - Thursday 25 October
London Brixton Academy - Friday 26 October
Exter University - Wednesday 31 October

Everyone’s favourite psychedelic lovers, Klaxons, are on tour. They play:

Manchester Apollo - Monday 26 November
Newcastle Carling Academy - Wednesday 28 November
Leeds University Union - Saturday 1 December
Birmingham Carling Academy - Tuesday 4 December
Brixton Academy London - Wednesday 5 December

London pansies Athlete have announced a pretty major tour, covering most of the UK in the first half of October this year.

Nottingham Rock City - Tuesday 2 October
Leeds University - Wednesday 3 October
Birmingham Carling Academy - Thursday 4 October
Newcastle Carling Academy - Sunday 7 October
Bristol Carling Academy - Monday 8 October
Southampton Guildhall - Wednesday 10 October
London Shepherds Bush Empire - Thursday 11 October
London Shepherds Bush Empire - Friday 12 October
Manchester Carling Academy - Sunday 14 October
Liverpool Carling Academy - Monday 15 October
Norwich UEA - Wednesday 17 October
Lincoln Engine Shed - Thursday 18 October

Photo of Klaxons taken from Daniel Heaf’s flickr stream