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Lana Del Rey and New York band The Drums are amongst the latest acts to be confirmed for the 2012 South By Southwest Festival.

The Drums frontman Jonathan Pierce has said Kings Of Leon‘s breakthrough 2008 single ‘Sex On Fire‘ is one of the worst songs he has ever heard, and has said the band should split up.

The outspoken frontman, who recently had similar scathing words for U2, told Clickmusic.com he would ‘advise them to split up’, and claimed he would rather listen to Britney Spears records.

The Drums have said they believe U2 should cut back on their political rhetoric and instead concentrate on writing ‘a good love song’.

The band’s frontman Jonathan Pierce made the comments when asked by Q Magazine about his own group’s track ‘Let’s Go Surfing‘ being used as an Obama victory song.

The Drums have announced details of a ten-date UK tour, due to begin at the end of November.

Birmingham’s HMV Institute will kick off the run of dates, with the New York band then moving on to the Newcastle Academy a day later. December will see the tour travelling north of the border to Scotland, beginning at the Glasgow ABC on the 3rd. A gig at the HMV Ritz, Manchester, will wrap the tour up on December 10th.

New single released September 5th through Moshi Moshi

New York band The Drums will release their second album ‘Portamento‘ on September 12th. The follow up to last year’s self-titled debut, a single, ‘Money‘, will precede a week earlier on the 5th.

The album will be the band’s first since a re-ordering of their line up in the wake of guitarist Adam Kessler‘s departure in 2010.

The Futureheads guitarist Ross Millard has secured the services of The Charlatans, The Drums and Frankie & The Heartstrings as part of his new role as the curator of Sunderland festival Split.

New York band The Drums have expanded to a five-piece after unveiling drummer Chris Stein and guitarist Myles Matheny as new members.

The Drums have confirmed they are currently working on a new album, and hope to have the record released this year.

Arcade Fire and Foals lead the way in the nominations for this year’s NME Awards, with the latter being up for each of the night’s main prizes – Best British Band, Best Album, Best Track and Best Live Band.