4 Up close and personal dates
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND are proud to announce their first UK headline shows of 2008.
The band - who have begun work on writing and recording the follow up to their last album ’Tales Don’t Tell Themselves’ - have chosen to hit the road straight from those sessions in a series of in-your-face gigs.
"We’re really excited for these shows", says frontman Matthew Davies-Kreye. "It’s small and intimate and it’s gonna be great fun. We’ve been itching to play some live shows since the last tour and with the new record on the horizon it’ll be cool to maybe pummel through a new song or two."
"The tour’s going to be a lot of fun," adds Ryan Richards. "We specifically chose the Newport, Glasgow and Manchester venues because we’ve had some of our best shows and memories at those places and we chose Kings College after watching a vintage AC/DC performance on the telly from that venue and fancying a crack at playing there ourselves. Gives us a good excuse to play some new tunes as well for the first time - as well as a few golden oldies of course."
Support on the shows will be new 20:20/Sony signing IN CASE OF FIRE (www.myspace.com/incaseoffireuk) and each show will be opened by an act specifically chosen by the band.
The full list of shows is as follows:
JUNE Mon 30 – MANCHESTER, Academy 3
JULY Tue 1 – GLASGOW, King Tuts ~
Wed 2 – LONDON, King’s College @
Fri 4 – NEWPORT, TJ’s &
Opening acts:
New Device (www.myspace.com/newdevice)
Twin Atlantic (www.myspace.com/twinatlantic)
Cry For Silence (www.myspace.com/cryforsilence)
Dignity Dies First (www.myspace.com/dignitydiesfirst)
All shows are 14+. Tickets are available from www.gigsandtours.com or www.gigsinscotland.comfor Glasgow and all onsale from 9am Friday 11 April. Full booking info including phone numbers to call is available on the MySpace or at www.funeralforafriend.com.
See you there.
Love
FFAF HQ
The band - who have begun work on writing and recording the follow up to their last album ’Tales Don’t Tell Themselves’ - have chosen to hit the road straight from those sessions in a series of in-your-face gigs.
"We’re really excited for these shows", says frontman Matthew Davies-Kreye. "It’s small and intimate and it’s gonna be great fun. We’ve been itching to play some live shows since the last tour and with the new record on the horizon it’ll be cool to maybe pummel through a new song or two."
"The tour’s going to be a lot of fun," adds Ryan Richards. "We specifically chose the Newport, Glasgow and Manchester venues because we’ve had some of our best shows and memories at those places and we chose Kings College after watching a vintage AC/DC performance on the telly from that venue and fancying a crack at playing there ourselves. Gives us a good excuse to play some new tunes as well for the first time - as well as a few golden oldies of course."
Support on the shows will be new 20:20/Sony signing IN CASE OF FIRE (www.myspace.com/incaseoffireuk) and each show will be opened by an act specifically chosen by the band.
The full list of shows is as follows:
JUNE Mon 30 – MANCHESTER, Academy 3
JULY Tue 1 – GLASGOW, King Tuts ~
Wed 2 – LONDON, King’s College @
Fri 4 – NEWPORT, TJ’s &
Opening acts:
New Device (www.myspace.com/newdevice)
Twin Atlantic (www.myspace.com/twinatlantic)
Cry For Silence (www.myspace.com/cryforsilence)
Dignity Dies First (www.myspace.com/dignitydiesfirst)
All shows are 14+. Tickets are available from www.gigsandtours.com or www.gigsinscotland.comfor Glasgow and all onsale from 9am Friday 11 April. Full booking info including phone numbers to call is available on the MySpace or at www.funeralforafriend.com.
See you there.
Love
FFAF HQ
