Apparently as there’s “generally not much to do in January”, Scottish sweethearts Belle and Sebastian have announced a full UK and Ireland tour to kick start next year.

Stuart and the kids will undoubtedly be playing new material, starting on home turf for a three night stand in Glasgow, then moving down the country.

Here be the dates:

January
15th GLASGOW, ABC
16th GLASGOW, ABC
17th GLASGOW, ABC
18th ABERDEEN, Music Hall
26th BIRMINGHAM, Academy
27th LIVERPOOL, Academy
28th NEWCASTLE, Academy
29th MANCHESTER, Ritz

February
1st BRISTOL, Colston Hall
2nd CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange
3rd BRIGHTON, Dome
5th DUBLIN, Ambassador
7th BELFAST, Ulster Hall
9th SHEFFIELD, Octagon
10th LONDON, Hammersmith Apollo

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday November 3rd. Visit the Tour section of the B&S website at http://www.belleandsebastian.com/tour.php for prices and details of where to buy.

New Album 'The Life Pursuit' and it’s set for release on Feb 6th 2006

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