Tours

Biffy Clyro will play a one-off UK gig next month in preparation for a series of festival appearances this summer.

The Walkmen have announced five UK dates this year in support of their impending seventh studio album ‘Heaven‘.

Danger Bird Records is releasing Silversun Pickups‘  follow-up to 2009′s Grammy-nominated Swoon on Tuesday. Check out the band’s website for cool limited edition yellow vinyls as well as the traditional CD and digital download package. Even better you can stream the LA based indie rock  quartet’s album before it comes out in stores below.

On their website the band wrote following about the album:

From inception to fruition, a series of happy accidents led Silversun Pickups to the transcendent Neck of the Woods. Every step on the journey was marked by true synchronicity in action – the stars aligned, clouds parted, the cosmos smiling down upon the band. For their part, Silversun Pickups take a more pragmatic view.

“Some people believe in The Force,” Aubert says, “but I’m more like Han Solo – I think it’s just dumb luck! We definitely prepared for if the luck came, but that doesn’t mean that anything we did necessarily had that much to do with how well things went. I don’t know what we did to deserve it, but we’re thankful.”

Catch the band on Jimmy Kimmel on May 8th, or better yet,  go out and see them live if they’re coming to a city near you:

Tour Dates:

MAY 04 THE OBSERVATORY SANTA ANA, CA
MAY 05 KROQ WEENIE ROAST IRVINE, CA
MAY 08 JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE LOS ANGELES, CA
MAY 09 AMOEBA RECORDS (IN-STORE) SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MAY 25 GORGE AMPHITHEATRE GEORGE, WA
JUN 01 KJEE SUMMER ROUND-UP SANTA BARBARA, CA
JUN 02 THE SHORELINE MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
JUL 05 THE MOOSE’S TOOTH ANCHORAGE, AK
JUL 14 DOWNSVIEW PARK ALLEN ROAD TORONTO, CANADA
SEP 01 XFEST CALGARY, CANADA
SEP 02 SONIC BOOM EDMONTON, CANADA

Leonard Cohen has added a series of North American dates to his world tour in support of the recent ‘Old Ideas‘ album.

Robert Plant has added a one-off show in London this summer to previously announced gigs in Gloucester and Wiltshire as he showcases his latest project the Sensational Space Shifters.

Mumford & Sons have now finished recording their eagerly awaited second album, but are prepared to ditch it all and start again if they ‘discover it’s shit’, according to the band’s keyboard player Ben Lovett.

Mercury Prize winners The xx will play three low-key London shows this month as work continues on their second album.

Dry The River have unveiled a fresh batch of UK tour dates for later this year as they prepare to round off their current run at the Electric Ballroom in London tonight (May 2nd).

My Morning Jacket will hit the road in the US this coming August with support coming from Band Of Horses, who are expected to release a new album later this year.

Black Sabbath will return home to play the Birmingham Academy next month ahead of their upcoming headline appearance at the Download festival in June.