Funeral For A Friend have announced an extensive UK tour that will take place throughout October, November and December 2008! Support will come from Canadian metallers Cancer Bats, Irish upstarts In Case Of Fire and Welsh combo Attack Attack.
The tour will be in support of Funeral For A Friend's fourth album, the first on their own label Join Us Records. Entitled 'Memory And Humanity' it is due out on October 13 - exactly five years to the day that their debut 'Casually Dressed and Deep In Conversation' record hit the shelves!
The tour dates are as follows:
Tue 14 Oct Dublin Academy
Wed 15 Oct Belfast Spring & Airbrake
Thu 16 Oct Inverness Ironworks
Sat 18 Oct Glasgow ABC
Sun 19 Oct Leeds Metropolitan University
Mon 20 Oct Hull University
Wed 22 Oct Preston 53 Degrees
Thu 23 Oct Whitehaven Civic Hall
Fri 24 Oct Manchester Academy 2
Sun 26 Oct Birmingham Academy
Mon 27 Oct Coventry Kasbah
Tue 28 Oct Nottingham Rock City
Thu 30 Oct Exeter Lemon Grove
Fri 31 Oct Portsmouth Pyramid
Sat 01 Nov Oxford Academy
Mon 03 Nov Norwich Waterfront
Tue 04 Nov London Forum
Tue 09 Dec Tenby De Vlance Pavilion
Wed 10 Dec Swansea Sin City
Fri 12 Dec Cardiff University
Sat 13 Dec Wrexham Central Station
Sun 14 Dec Aberyswyth Arts Centre
Visit www.funeralforafriend.com for ticket info - the tour goes on sale 9am Friday 4 July.
For a first taste of 'Memory And Humanity' fans can grab the 'Waterfront Dance Club / Beneath The Burning Tree' double A-side single on July 14th 2008 via Join Us Records as a limited edition coloured vinyl-only release. 'Waterfront Dance Club' will also be available as a free download from the same date - visit the bands website for info on where to get your hands on it!
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