Following on from a busy 2008, This Town Needs Guns head out on their first UK tour of the new year later this week. Influenced by the much-adored Chicago scene (Owls, Maps and Atlases, Joan of Arc et al), the bands debut album, 'Animals' (released via Big Scary Monsters Records in October), will see a US release in March via Sargent House, to be followed by their first Stateside tour.

For ticket details and more info see This Town Needs Guns

30.01 - Leeds, The Library (w/ Wintermute)
31.01 - Sheffield, The Red House
03.02 - Birmingham, Barfly
04.02 - Liverpool, Barfly
05.02 - Dublin, Whelan's
06.02 - Cork, Fred Zeppelin's
07.02 - Limerick, Bakers Place
12.02 - York, Fibbers
13.02 - Glasgow, Barfly
14.02 - Aberdeen, Moshulu
18.02 - London, Barfly
19.02 - Oxford, The Cellar
20.02 - Cardiff, Barfly
21.02 - Worcester, The Firefly
26.02 - Exeter, The Cavern
27.02 - Brighton, The Hope (w/ Blakfish/Adebisi Shank)
28.02 - Norwich, The Queen Charlotte