Big Country announce 2013 tour dates

The journey has begun! 

Big Country have announced "The Journey" tour today that will see them play a series of dates in the UK in April but maybe even bigger news is that it will coincide with the release of the much anticipated new studio album. Tickets go on sale from Friday 14th December and the dates in full are....

APRIL 2013

12th - GLASGOW O2 ABC
13th - ABERDEEN Lemon Tree
14th - NEWCASTLEO2 Academy
16th - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy
18th - SHEFFIELD Corporation
19th - MANCHESTER The Ritz
20th - SOUTHAMPTON University
21st - LONDON The Forum
23rd - CARDIFF Solus
24th - WOLVERHAMPTON Wulfrun Hall
25th - NORWICH Waterfront

Archive photos....and new UK dates!

After playing a brilliant gig last night at Heaven in London Archive have announced 3 new UK dates for next year all of which are on sale now.

The dates are...

APRIL

17th GLASGOW Oran Mor

18th MANCHESTER Sound Control

19th LONDON Koko

I would advise checking the venues sites rather than the links on the official Archive site as I saved myself about £3 on booking fees by doing this!

While we are here I may as well share some photos from last nights show...apologies for the lack of decent shots of Smiley!

The Mission announce Xmas dates....2013!

The Fields Of The Nephilim - Shepherds Bush Empire 2012

Craig will be out and about with The Mission for a series of dates announced for the end of next year when they go out with The Fields Of The Nephilim on the Revelations tour.

You can see them at the O2 Academy in the following places....

DECEMBER

14th GLASGOW
15th LEEDS
17th BIRMIMGHAM
18th BRIXTON


Tickets are available through www.ticketweb.co.uk and www.artistticket.com the only catch is...you will have to wait a whole year!

Dave Sharp announces new dates

Photo courtesy of DaveSharp.org

Dave Sharp has announced a fresh batch of dates taking in the end of this year and the beginning of next on what is being dubbed "The Never Ending Tour" in true Bob Dylan style! Confirmed dates so far are....

NOVEMBER
30th The Snowgoose Restaurant & Cafe Bar MACCLESFIELD

DECEMBER
7th The Railway Tavern TREDEGAR
14th Mink Tattoo Coffee Bar MIDDLESBOROUGH
15th The George LEEDS
20th The Retreat LEDBURY
21st Keystones WORCESTER

JANUARY
4th The Grapes Hotel STONECLOUGH
12th The Snowgoose Live MACCLESFIELD
13th House With No Name BOLTON
19th The Crown Hotel PORTPATRICK
24th Telfords Warehouse CHESTER
25th The Bunker Club @ The Conservative Club WHITEFIELD

FEBRUARY
21st STROUD (venue tba)


Support Dave and live music - go along if you can!

Spear Of Destiny date change and Westworld confirmed

Spear Of Destiny have confirmed that they have had to cancel their upcoming SWANSEA date due to their promoter being unable to secure a licence for the venue in time. The CARDIFF date will now change to November 21st and tickets for the Swansea show will be valid for this show.

In further SoD news next years Westworld Weekend has been confirmed as taking place at The Box in CREWE on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th of March. Ticket info will be released soon.

Vinyl album news

"Vinyl" has finally been given the release date of 4th March in time for the release of the film on the 15th. It will feature a collection of new Alarm tracks composed specifically for the film and is described as being "a clutch of power pop punk songs which all clock in at under three minutes".

The album will be preceded by the "Free Rock & Roll" EP which features Phil Daniels singing alongside Mike...hopefully this may get some decent airplay...who's up for a fan radio request campaign nearer the time?

The Vinyl Tour 2013

As previously reported tickets are now on sale for next years Alarm tour which is now confirmed as being the vinyl tour. In addition the the dates we announced earlier this week the tour will also take in...

1st March CARDIFF University
9th March GLASGOW Oran Mor Theatre
18th March MANCHESTER Academy

New Alarm Tour Dates!!!

After a quiet year on The Alarm front 2013 is looking good already! Not only do we kick the year off with The Gathering but we have a full band tour starting in February with tickets going on sale this Friday (19th October).

The dates we know so far are....

28th February 2013 - BOURNEMOUTH O2 Academy
2nd March 2013 - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy 2
3rd March 2013 - SHEFFIELD O2 Academy 2
6th March 2013 - NEWCASTLE O2 Academy
7th March 2013 - OXFORD O2 Academy 2
8th March 2013 - LEICESTER O2 Academy 2
10th March 2013 - LEEDS O2 Academy
13th March 2013 - BRISTOL O2 Academy
14th March 2013 - BIRMIMGHAM O2 Academy 2
15th March 2013 - LONDON Islington O2 Academy

More dates as we get them, be sure to check out The Alarm site for the official announcement in the coming day or so.....we will be at Islington - See you there!

New Mike Peters Festival Date & Big Country do Hogmanay!

A couple of new dates for your diary.....

Big Country send the year out with a bang with a Hogmanay gig at the Red Hot Highland Fling in Inverness. This will be a free event and will feature the new line up which has Derek Forbes taking over the bass duties.

Then looking ahead to next year we have a Mike Peters solo date (by the look of things) at the Nantwich Jazz Blues & Music Festival which takes place over the Easter Weekend 28th March - 1st April 2013. A tentative line up includes Mike, The Blockheads, Marc Almond, Sad Cafe, Shakatak and Jive Aces. More info as we get it but for now you can check out the site at http://www.nantwichjazz.com/