Ben Howard debuts new track 'Oats In The Water' on BBC

Ben Howard kicks off his huge UK tour on Monday week with a homecoming show in Truro (13th Feb) before heading out on a run of sold-out dates that includes two back-to-back nights at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.

On Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show Ben (and his band) performed a brand new track in the form of 'Oats in the Water'. Clocking in at 5 minutes, it finds Ben on electric guitar and seems a natural companion to the brooding 'Black Flies' - one of the stand-out tracks from his debut album 'Every Kingdom'.

You can give it a listen/ watch the session video here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nsr4g

Ben releases his new single 'The Wolves' on the 27th February via Island Records. It's taken from 'Every Kingdom', which climbed into the Top 10 on release last year. 'The Wolves' is currently B-listed on Radio 1.

The full list of UK tour dates are as follows:

13th February – Truro, Hall For Cornwall (SOLD OUT)
14th February – Portsmouth, Pyramids (SOLD OUT)
15th February – Brighton, Concorde 2 (SOLD OUT)
17th February – Manchester, Ritz (SOLD OUT)
18th February – Edinburgh, Queens Hall (SOLD OUT)
19th February - Glasgow, ABC (SOLD OUT)
20th February – Newcastle, Northumbria University (SOLD OUT)
22nd February – Norwich, UEA (SOLD OUT)
23rd February – London, Shepherds Bush Empire (SOLD OUT)
24th February – London, Shepherds Bush Empire (SOLD OUT)
25th February – Oxford, Academy (SOLD OUT)
27th February – Leeds, MET (SOLD OUT)
28th February – Birmingham, HMV Institute (SOLD OUT)
29th February – Bristol, Academy (SOLD OUT)

Support on all dates comes from Daughter.