Spear Diary Dates!

Some early dates have been released after this weekends Westworld weekend so Spear and TOH fans may want to get these in their diaries now!

Spear Of Destiny Tour 8th - 31st October 2015
Theatre Of Hate Tour 1st - 6th December 2015
Westworld Weekend XIV 6th & 7th May 2016

Mission head out in disguise!

The Mission are heading out for a series of live dates in smaller venues under the guise of the Blood Brothers as part of some warm up dates booked around next years festival appearances. All dates are now on sale via the Mission store and tickets can be bought separately or as part of a bundle featuring an exclusive t-shirt.

The 5 dates are...

Archive new album & tour!

In a surprise announcement yesterday Archive revealed they are releasing a new album called "Restriction" which will be supported by a full European tour starting in February of next year.

"Restriction" will be released on 12th January on the bands own Dangervisit label but as a taster the band released three singles yesterday which are available on i-Tunes immediately either by purchasing individually or when you preorder the whole album.

The album features:

1.Feel It
2.Restriction
3.Kid Corner
4.End Of Our Days
5.Third Quarter Storm
6.Half Built Houses
7.Riding In Squares
8.Ruination
9.Crushed
10.Black And Blue
11.Greater Goodbye
12.Ladders
13.All The Time

The singles are highlighted in red. 

For full tour dates please check out the Archive site HERE!

Despite not featuring in the three videos on the site Smiley features on the album and the tour as normal but was unavailable for the video shoots due to commitments with From The Jam.

Spear Of Destiny Tour Dates

To coincide with the new album "31" Spear Of Destiny take to the road throughout September and October. The dates line up as....

SEPTEMBER

18th STOCKTON-ON-TEES Georgian Theatre
19th WOKING Undercover Festival
25th MANCHESTER Ruby Lounge
26th YORK Fibbers
27th CARDIFF The Globe

OCTOBER

1st NORWICH Waterfront Studios
3rd NUNEATON Queens Hall
4th HITCHIN Club 85
9th LEICESTER The Scholar
14th SHEFFIELD The Greystones
19th BRISTOL The Fleece

Theatre Of Hate are also doing some dates (Please note that the ALT-Fest appears to be no more) but I have no confirmation if Craig will feature on these so check back for updates....or go see them as they are awesome anyway!

Spear tickets are available HERE!

Declaration comes to Norway

New Declaration dates have been announced for Norway where Mike will be playing a total of 8 dates in May.

Dates and venues on the poster on the right!

Otley gets second date

The original Declaration date in Otley has now sold out but if you did miss it, or just fancy seeing a second show, an additional date has been added at Korks on Thursday 3rd April. Tickets are priced at just £13.50 including booking fee and are available HERE

James Stevenson confirms Chelsea dates

James today has confirmed that he will be appearing with Chelsea when the band take to the road in March. The dates are...

1st Windsor House KIRKALDY
2nd Three Tuns GATESHEAD
8th Excelsior BRUSSELS
14th Prince Albert BRIGHTON
15th Georgian Theatre STOCKTON ON TEES
16th Hairy Dog DERBY
21st The Hop WAKEFIELD
30th The Great British Alternative Festival MINEHEAD

However, James is not due to join the band when they play the Underworld in Camden on the 11th April.

Final Kirk Brandon / Dave Sharp date announced.

The final date to be announced on the Kirk Brandon and Dave Sharp tour is The Compass in Chester on Saturday 1st March.

Dave has said to expect a 45 minute spot for his sets on the tour.

Tickets can be found HERE

First American Declaration dates announced.

The first four American dates on the Declaration Tour have been announced with promises of more additions soon, remember the UK tour was announced in about 4 waves!

The dates so far confirmed are...

APRIL

17th Coach House SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

18th McCabes SANTA MONICA

24th Brick By Brick SAN DIEGO

26th Fender Centre CORONA

Dave Sharp confirmed as support for Kirk Brandon shows

Dave Sharp has been confirmed as support for the upcoming Kirk Brandon Akoustik dates. Not all dates have been announced yet but those currently confirmed are...

FEBRUARY
20th The Albert BRIGHTON
21st The Thunderbolt BRISTOL
22nd The Railway Live WINCHESTER
23rd The Rigger NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME

MARCH
6th The Green Room STOCK-ON-TEES
7th The Green Room STOCK-ON-TEES
8th PJ Malloys DUNFIRMLINE
9th The Moorings ABERDEEN
13th The Village Inn East Kilbride GLASGOW
14th Korks OTLEY
15th Hermon Chapel OSWESTRY

Dave Sharp supports....Big Country!

Dave Sharp is to support Big Country on four Scottish dates at the end of this year which will be...

DECEMBER

27th Lemon Tree ABERDEEN

28th Non Zero's DUNDEE

30th The Liquid Room EDINBURGH

31st Oran Mor GLASGOW

In a Facebook post that has set fans speculating Dave also added...

"Hopefully there'll be more news to report in the next few weeks regarding some more cool shows that'll possibly involve me catchin' up with some good old buddies of mine..."

Wales Declares!

Three more Welsh dates have been announced for the 30th Anniversary Declaration tour. Joining the previously announced Wrexham show are :

FEBRUARY

28th Gwyn Hall NEATH

MARCH

1st Vale Institute EBBW
2nd Clwb Ifor Bach CARDIFF

Check the poster on the left for ticket ordering details!

Scottish Declaration dates

As promised MPO have announced the Scottish dates for Mikes 30th Anniversary Declaration tour next year. The dates are :

FEBRUARY

22nd Liquid Rooms EDINBURGH

MARCH

29th King Tuts GLASGOW
30th Lemon Tree ABERDEEN

It has been advised that you grab tickets while you can as the Scottish dates traditionally sell out quickly. You have been warned!

Mike Peters "Declaration" anniversary shows.

The New York dates that I bought you last week have been officially confirmed by The Alarm site and what's more....they will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of  "Declaration".

This is Mike playing "Declaration" and telling stories about the tracks and album... sounds amazing!

Check out the ticket info from the original post HERE

Mike Peters Norway dates

Mike will once again be doing some dates in Norway at the end of the year with 2 dates confirmed at Madam Felle in Bergen on the 20th and 21st of December.

Ticket info can be found via the Madam Felle site HERE

Hopefully this means there may be a UK acoustic tour after the Big Country dates but we will have to wait and see!

Stiff Little Fingers Album and Tour

The long awaiting new album from Stiff Little Fingers is getting closer with the band announcing the imminent start of a kickstarter campaign to fund it. As of yet there are no details of what they are calling "some amazing rewards" but you can be the first to know by signing up for the SLF mailing list at their homepage HERE 

The band have also announced some dates for the "Up A Gear Tour" most of which are on sale now from Ents24.

The dates confirmed so far are...

NOVEMBER
8th O2 Academy OXFORD
9th The Tivoli BUCKLEY
10th King George's Hall BLACKBURN
12th Empire MIDDLESBROUGH
13th The Welly Club HULL
15th Picturedrome HOLMFIRTH
16th Roadmender NORTHAMPTON (Tickets not on sale yet)

Spear dates!

SoD head out for their 30th anniversary tour running throughout October. A few more dates will be added soon but so far you can catch them at...

OCTOBER

3rd GLASGOW King Tut's
4th ABERDEEN Moorings
5th EDINBURGH Electric Circus
6th NEWCASTLE The Cluny
10th MANCHESTER Ruby Lounge
11th BELFAST Tbc
12th DUBLIN Fibbers
13th CREWE The Box
15th SHEFFIELD Greystokes
16th LEEDS Brundell Social
17th NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
18th BEDFORD Esquires
19th DARWEN Library Theatre
23rd CAMBRIDGE Junction
24th NORWICH Waterfront
25th LONDON Islington Academy
26th PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
27th BRIGHTON The Haunt

Big Country UK Tour announced

Big Country have today announced they will be touring the UK again during October / November. The tour is dubbed Land's End To John O'Groats and takes in some venues and towns that the band do not normally get to play including the Shetland Isles. Dates can be found on the poster....

Archive Festival dates round up

As there have been many festival dates added (some I've posted previously and some I haven't) I thought it would be good to have them all in one place rather than here and there so here is where you can currently catch Archive at various European festivals this year.

APRIL
26th Festival Insolent VANNES (FRANCE)
28th Festival Des Artefacts STRASBOURG (FRANCE)

JUNE
2nd Jardin Du Michel Festival BULLIGNY (FRANCE)
6th Caribana Festival NYON (SWITZERLAND)
8th Stare Misto Festival LVIV (UKRAINE)
21st Southside Festival (GERMANY)
23rd Hurricane Festival (GERMANY)
28th Open Air Festival ST.GALLEN (SWITZERLAND)
29th Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etat, Hippodrome D'Evreux (FRANCE)

JULY
3rd Musiques En Stock, Place Des Allobroges Cluses 74300 (FRANCE)
5th Eurockeennes BELFORT (FRANCE)
6th Festival Au Foin De La Rue Saint Denis De Gastine (FRANCE)
7th Main Square FEstival ARRAS (FRANCE)
13th Festival Terres Du Son TOURS (FRANCE)
16th Francofolies De La Rochelle LA ROCHELLE 17300 (FRANCE)
19th Theatre Antique ARLES Festival (FRANCE)
21st Melt! Festival FERROPOLIS (GERMANY)
23rd Les Nuits De La Guitar De Patrimonio PATRIMONIO (CORSICA)
25th Les Nuits De Fourviere LYON (FRANCE)
31st Theatre Jean-Deschamps CARCASSONNE (FRANCE)

AUGUST
3rd Ronquieres Festival RONQUIERES 7090 (BELGIUM)
9th Chien A Plumes Lac De Villegusien LANGRES (FRANCE)
15th Frequency Festival Green Park ST POELTEN 1080 (AUSTRIA)
16th Open Air Gampel GAMPEL (SWITZERLAND)

SEPTEMBER
6th Burn Selector Festival WARSAW (POLAND)

The International Swingers Gun Control Tour

The International Swingers have announced the American dates that will start their "Gun Control" Tour in May.

The dates are...

17th Viper Room West Hollywood
18th Doll Factory Derby Dolls Half Time Show
22nd Club 910 Live Scottsdale
23rd Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas
24th Farmers Market Los Angeles
28th Santa Barbara TBD
29th Sammy's Place Roseville
30th Red Devil Lounge San Francisco

This will, as expected, mean that James will not be playing the Chelsea dates previously announced for May.

You can also hear samples of two new tracks "FBI" and "Live Wire" on the International Swingers site on the audio page http://www.theinternationalswingers.com/the-international-swingers-media/audio