Frankie & The Heartstrings to support Edwyn Collins in November

Frankie & The Heartstrings are pleased to announce they will tour with Edwyn Collins on a string of dates in November.

The shows follow the final recording sessions for the Sunderland five-piece's debut album which Collins has produced at his West Heath Studios in London. The album is due for released in February 2011.

F&TH release their third 7' single Ungrateful this week (their first single to also be available digitally) and are currently on a co-headline UK tour with Summer Camp. They play their second sold out London show at The
Lexington tomorrow night (Friday 8th). A six-track PopSex Ltd white label CD EP is being sold at the shows featuring single Ungrateful plus Want You Back, What Goes Around, It's Obvious, their Brian Eno cover Needle In The Camel's Eye and Ungrateful (extended mix).

October sees the band head Stateside for the very first time to play at New York's CMJ festival before a whistletop trip to Japan for a show in Tokyo.

In November the band play their debut European shows and release the aforementioned six-track EP there too.

October:
08 - Lexington, London (w/ Summer Camp)
09 - Cluny, Newcastle (w/ Summer Camp)
10 - Stealth, Nottingham (w/ Summer Camp)
20 - Littlefield (CMJ), New York NY
21 - Delancey's (CMJ), New York NY
24 - British Anthems, Tokyo JP

On tour with Edwyn Collins:
November
04 - Komedia, Brighton
05 - O2 Academy 2, Oxford
06 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
07 - Oran Mor, Glasgow
09 - Cluny, Newcastle
10 - Deaf Institute, Manchester

European shows
November
12 - London Calling @ Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
15 - King Georg, Koln DE
16 - Cafe Keese, Hamburg DE
17 - Marie Antoinette, Berlin DE
18 - Ponyhof, Frankfurt DE
19 - Inrocks Indie Club, Paris FR

Ungrateful single formats:
7" vinyl: Ungrateful, It's Obvious
iTunes: Ungrateful, What Goes Around (exclusive to iTunes), It's Obvious,
Ungrateful (extended mix)
Other UK digital stores: Ungrateful, It's Obvious, Ungrateful (extended mix