Carter USM return after 2 year break

Indie pop rock punk legends Carter USM are back to play two big headline shows this Winter after a two year break.

After reuniting for reunion shows in 2007- 2009, last year saw a Carter sabbatical. Due to constant fan demand, Jim Bob and Fruitbat are returning for two kick ass shows at the Manchester Academy (18th November) and Brixton 02 Academy (19th November). Both dates will see mammoth two hour sets where they promise to play all the hits and classics.

Jim Bob says, ''ve loved playing the reunion shows. Every time we've done them we've said they would be the last but the gigs end up being just so good - easily some of the best ever Carter shows - that it seems mad to not do it at least once more. We took a break so I could concentrate on the publication of my novel 'Storage Stories' and appear in the Edinburgh Fringe hit musical 'Gutted'. Fruitbat has been busy with his band Abdoujaparov and he's also finally moved out of South London to Folkestone, where his new house is falling down, so he's been spending a lot of time at B & Q. It's great to have the chance to do this again, and we want to make these the best Carter gigs ever."

Fruitbat adds 't's going to be all killer and no Glenn Miller. We promise to play the songs everyone wants to hear, though having said that I may persuade Jim to chuck in a couple of cheeky obscure numbers and covers at the end. And once again we will go to town on a light show more crazy than Pink Floyd's that should blind everyone for at least a month afterwards. We are doing these shows for all those fans that were gutted to not have a Carter gig last year. And I also have a house to renovate. Life on the coast is cheap but not that cheap!'