Q Award nominees Hard-Fi - their 'Suburban Knights' track is up for best single (news) - are to tour in December, calling in at a number of the nation's larger venues.

The band's second album, Once Upon A Time In The West, is out now. It's proper gash, too, but you don't need us to tell you that - you have, no doubt, heard the aforementioned single and come to your own conclusion.

Says frontman Richard Archer - don't ask him to spell charisma, please - of the below dates:

"This is our first real tour for the new album. We can't wait to take it on the road with all the old favourites from the first LP. These will be our biggest shows so far - and we intend to make them our best!"

Get loaded up on drugs, ideally, at the following locales:

December
4 + 5 Glasgow Barrowlands
6 Liverpool Aintree Pavillion
8 Swindon Oasis
10 Brighton Centre
12 Bournemouth BIC
13 Nottingham Arena
14 + 15 Birmingham Academy
17 Manchester Central
18 London Wembley Arena

Tickets go on sale from tomorrow, for between £22.50-£25. Age restrictions apply, so check out the Dos and Don'ts at the Hard-Fi website, here.

If you decide to click to that website, you touch children.