London based five piece The Maccabees are already a firm favourite on the festival circuit and are currently enjoying the success of their second album, 'Wall Of Arms'. Felix White, Lead singer of The Maccabees said, "We understand the legacy of this tour....The old NME tours years ago, if I missed one I'd think shit, I'm never going to see that again. So that's a nice thing to be a part of. It looks like a good tour to me... we're as lucky as anyone to be on it. As far as upping our game, we understand the kind of bands who have headlined before. The kind of calibre those groups are, we've got to reach that."
Next on the bill are industry darlings Bombay Bicycle Club who released their first album 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose' earlier this year, the band are now set to bring their unique sound to audiences across the UK as part of the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour.
Following them are The Big Pink, the duo of Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze, have already have just released their debut album, 'A Brief History Of Love'.
Grabbing the opening slot are The Drums. The New York based band recently played their first ever UK show in London and are set to release their new single, 'I Felt Stupid, next month.
The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour has become a legendary starting block for bands on the road to greatness, having booked (at the time) mere unknowns such as Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs, who all went on to become the biggest and most critically acclaimed bands of the year.
The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour dates are as follows:
Thu 04 February O2 Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne
Fri 05 February Barrowland (1 & 2), Glasgow
Sat 06 February Academy 1, 2, 3 & 4 (Manchester University), Manchester
Sun 07 February O2 Academy, Leeds
Tue 09 February Rock City, Nottingham
Wed 10 February LCR at University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich
Thu 11 February O2 Academy, Birmingham
Sat 13 February Cardiff University SU (The Great Hall), Cardiff
Sun 14 February O2 Academy, Bristol
Mon 15 February Brighton Dome, Brighton
Tue 16 February O2 Academy, Bournemouth
Thu 18 February Pyramid Centre, Portsmouth
Fri 19 February Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Sat 20 February O2 Brixton Academy, London
All tickets are priced £15.50 except Brixton O2 Academy where tickets are £18.10. Ticket price includes a 50p charity donation. Tickets will be on sale from 9am on Friday 13th November, and eGigs will have links for you to buy them then.
article by: Scott Williams
published: 10/11/2009 07:57
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