Glasvegas to headline Shockwaves NME Awards Tour

The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour is back next year, and the line-up has been announced. Headliners will be Scottish rockers Glasvegas, who will be bringing their indie anthems to seventeen towns across the country in 2009.

Support will come from indie-dance outfit Friendly Fires, post punk-pop three piece White Lies, and South London bluesy songstress Florence And The Machine.

Glasvegas frontman James Allan said, "We'll bring champagne instead of Buckfast. Imagine Motley Crue on an NME Awards tour!"

Florence from Florence And The Machine who have the opening slot, added, "It's good to have some rivalry. We'll all be trying to outdo each other, which pushes each band to be better!"

Meanwhile White Lies singer Harry McVeigh hinted at the possibility of some interesting collaborations whilst on the road, adding, "We get on well with Glasvegas and Friendly Fires. We've got something in mind..."

Conor McNicholas, editor of NME said, "This is a cracking line-up of deeply talented artists who produce music of real quality. All four acts boast the strongest and most distinctive new songwriters in Britain at the moment and the sheer quality of artists on the tour has meant it is being hailed as the strongest for years. Music fans are in for an absolute treat!"

The tour dates in full are as follows:
Thu 29 January Academy (Liverpool University), Liverpool
Fri 30 January Academy, Glasgow
Sun 01 February Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tue 03 February Academy, Sheffield
Wed 04 February Academy, Birmingham
Fri 06 February Academy, Manchester
Sun 08 February Academy, Leeds Academy
Tue 10 February Engine Shed, Lincoln
Wed 11 February Rock City, Nottingham
Thu 12 February University of East Anglia (U.E.A.), Norwich
Sat 14 February Cardiff University, Cardiff
Sun 15 February Academy, Bristol
Mon 16 February Brighton Dome, Brighton
Tue 17 February Academy, Oxford
Thu 19 February Pyramid Centre, Portsmouth
Fri 20 February Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Sat 21 February Brixton Academy, London

Tickets for these dates go on sale from 9am Friday 19th November and eGigs will have links for you to buy them then.

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