Tickets priced £40.00 / £32.50 / £27.50 / £22.50 will go on sale on Friday March 30th at royalalberthall.com t: 0845 401 5045

Ron released his 12th and arguably his best album “Long Player Late Bloomer” in 2011 and toured the UK twice with his band, with sell-out concerts at London’s Barbican and the Royal Festival Hall and acclaimed shows at Glastonbury and Greenbelt festivals. Earlier this year he played two rapturously received solo shows in Edinburgh and London.

Ron is heading to Japan for some gigs in April before returning to his home turf for a tour across Canada.

When asked to describe the album, lead singer/guitarist Kyle Falconer said “its Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours done by The Clash”.

‘Cheeky For A Reason’ will be released by the bands new label Cooking Vinyl on Monday 2nd July and pre-ceded by a single on 25th June. The self-penned album includes three songs written by Kyle & Kieren with writer/producer and unofficial 5th member of Kings Of Leon – Angelo Petraglia.

The Scottish quartet will preview the album’s release by embarking upon an intimate tour in June & July. The tour is their first full UK trek in over a year, having concluded 2011 with a run of dates across Scotland. The full itinerary runs as below, with a further full UK tour to follow later in the year:

June
9th – Inverness, Rockness
10th – Stockton, Ku Bar
12th – Leeds, Cockpit
13th – Hull, The Welly
14th – York, The Duchess
16th – Sheffield, Leadmill
17th – Liverpool, O2 Academy
18th – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
19th – Cardiff, Cardiff University
20th – Bristol, Fleece
22nd – Northampton, Roadmender
23rd – Oxford, O2 Academy 2

24th – Brighton, Concorde 2
25th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
26th – London, Koko
28th – Cambridge, Junction
29th – Wolverhampton, Wulfren Hall

July
7th – Cleethorpes, Pleasure Island
8th – Doncaster, The Dome
9th – Manchester, The Ritz
10th – Newcastle, O2 Academy 2
12th – Glasgow, O2 Academy

Tickets go on general sale from Friday 30th March 2012 and are priced at £16.50 in advance for London and Scotland and £14 in advance for all other venues

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The band just headlined the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas where actor Matthew McConaughey joined them on stage on congas, they have also announced dates with Guns ‘N Roses and Ozzy and Friends as well as festival and headline shows for over the summer in the US and Europe. The UK tour will see them play with The Mission and Killing Joke. The band have enthused “This is a fantastic bill and these will be magical shows ,a unique occasion that we look forward to with great anticipation. The band is killing it right now and we are excited to get back to the business of playing live.”

‘Choice of Weapon’, their first studio album in over five years is released on Cooking Vinyl on 21st May and sees the band re-united with producer Bob Rock and also working with Chris Goss (Queens of the Stone Age, U.N.K.L.E., Masters of Reality). The record was written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, recorded in New York City, Los Angeles, the California high desert, and the band’s Witch Mountain studios in the Hollywood Hills between July and December 2011. The new release features founding members Astbury on vocals and Duffy on guitars, with drummer John Tempesta and bassist Chris Wyse.

Releases:

26th March digital single ‘For The Animals’
21st April 7” Pic Disc Single ‘For The Animals’ / ‘Lucifer’ (Ltd edition of 200 copies for UK only)
21st May album ‘Choice of Weapon’

Live:
11th Sept. NEWCASTLE, Metro Radio Arena
12th Sept. SHEFFIELD, Motorpoint Arena
14th Sept. MANCHESTER, Arena
15th Sept. BIRMINGHAM, LG Arena
16th Sept. LONDON, Wembley Arena

Tickets go on sale at 9am on 23rd March 2012 priced at £35.00 / £37.50 London (subject to booking fee)
and are available from Live Nation

Tracklisting is as follows…..

1. Hey, Cruel World
2 .No Reflection
3. Pistol Whipped
4. Overneath the Path of Misery
5. Slow-Mo-Tion
6. The Gardener
7. The Flowers of Evil
8. Children of Cain
9. Disengaged
10. Lay Down Your Goddamn Arms
11. Murderers Are Getting Prettier Every Day
12. Born Villain
13. Breaking the Same Old Ground

The bonus track will be a cover of Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain which features Johnny Depp on guitars and drums.

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The current single ‘No Reflection’ is below to listen to.

Born out of Birmingham’s original punk group The Prefects, the Nightingales have stubbornly ploughed their own furrow in the field of alternative rock n roll for three decades.

Described in John Robb’s definitive post punk biography ‘Death To Trad Rock’ as “the misfits’ misfits”, the band has constantly garnered praise and respect from other artists and received endless glowing press reports, particularly for their live shows.

To coincide with the album’s release the Nightingales will be touring the UK and mainland Europe. The UK shows follow their May 2011 tour which culminated in a headline performance at the Southbank Centre in London as part of Stewart Lee’s Austerity Binge and the Festival Of Britain, which Mojo magazine called “Astonishing” and “Gig of the year”.

In addition to the group’s own activity there is a Nightingales ‘tribute’ album planned featuring ‘Gales covers by punk and post punk legends (Raincoats, Mekons, Subway Sect, others), young contemporary bands (Art Brut, Lovely Eggs, others), stand up comedians (Stewart Lee, Phill Jupitus) and academic/author Greil Marcus.

“No Love Lost” the new Nightingales album – their finest yet and first for Cooking Vinyl – was recorded at Faust Studio in Germany and will be released in April 2012.

SOME REVIEWS ON THE LAST ALBUM
Lloyd is the most underestimated songwriter of his generation – THE
INDEPENDENT, UK
The new album from the ‘Gales is their finest for 27 years. Start here and work backwards – SUNDAY TIMES, UK
Unlovable as ever. The Nightingales remain hard work for precious little gain – MOJO, UK
This is a living, breathing beast of an album – ARTROCKER MAGAZINE, UK
The Nightingales revisited their past and offered up the future. Still stunningly relevant – LONDON EVENING STANDARD, UK
The Nightingales – they’re back and they’re marvellous – MARC RILEY/BBC 6 MUSIC, UK

Maps sees GCWCF refine and focus the burgeoning ideas first addressed in 2010’s self titled third album. Album opener The Real McCoy is a straight up indie-pop belter that touches on a sound reminiscent of early Blur, a direction GCWCF were leaning towards in the previous record and is effectively realised in Maps. Another clear example of this is apparent in lead single Daylight Robbery, a tune that boasts an infectious sing along intro before breaking into a catchy up-tempo foot tapper.

Daylight Robbery will be available as a single from April 30th via Cooking Vinyl

The record also features guest vocals from acclaimed UK hip hop MC Jehst on The Long And Short Of It All. Maps is testament to Duckworth’s eclectic tastes yet maintains a narrative and never strays too far from his signature and acclaimed styles, an accomplishment that many musicians strive to achieve in their careers.

Maps Track Listing:
1. The Real McCoy
2. Vital Statistics
3. Daylight Robbery
4. Call of Duty
5. The Joy of Stress
6. Snap
7. The Long and Short of it All (featuring Jehst)
8. Offline Maps
9. Easy (complicated)
10. Home

PRE ORDER THE ALBUM HERE

TOUR DATES

Tue 15-May UK, Bournemouth, Old Fire Station
Wed 16-May UK, London, The Garage
Thu 17-May UK, Birmingham, Academy 2
Sat 19-May UK, Leeds, Brudenell (14+)
Sun 20-May UK, Glasgow, King Tuts (14+)
Mon 21-May UK, Newcastle, Academy
Tue 22-May UK, Manchester, Deaf Institute
Wed 23-May UK, Oxford, Academy 2

Further information about the awards show can be found here: http://indies.ca/2012-nominees

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“Ok so we wanted to allow our fans to make and be in the video for Bassline. However rather than loadsa people work dead hard and us pick one winner we had a better idea. This weekends payday so how bout u film u n your mates out on the lash having it, maybe boozing before u go out and send us the footage. We edit it all together and who knows you might be in the final video. nice one”

All we ask is the following.

• Please make sure that there is decent light in your video, use your flash if you’re worried about this.
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