Hellogoodbye announce UK tour dates

If there's one thing to expect from Hellogoodbye, it's the unexpected. One day the band is sharing the stage with Beyoncé, or at least a cutout of Beyoncé, and the next day, each member is dressed up as a different piece of fruit. With all the energy and intensity of Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch (minus all that pesky Scientology stuff about people living in volcanoes) Hellogoodbye have spent the last two years perfecting their unbridled live show and booty-shaking anthems. This has finally and breathtakingly culminated in the release of their debut album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!

Despite having never released a record over here Hellogoodbye recently completed a full UK tour, which SOLD OUT on buzz alone. Subsequently the band is now ready to unleash one of their brilliant stand out tracks, Here (In Your Arms). Described by NY's Village Voice paper as "an emo band doing euro-pop", this unlikely track has battled its way to the premier league of US music – The Billboard Top 10.

Hailing from Huntingdon Beach, Califrnia, Hellogoodbye were (and still are) signed to drive-thu Records – an independent label in Woodland Hills, LA. When the label first serviced the track to radio and tv, programmers didn't know where to place the track so it was overlooked. Not to be defeated the label focused on promoting the track online through blogs and online fanzines. This worked. This worked very well.

Through word of mouth between friends and the bands non-stop touring around the US, Here (In Your Arms) was requested at radio stations all over the country. This national exposure led to even more requests. Soon the band had a Top 10 Billboard record in both the Pop and Digital Charts, were Top 10 i-Tunes for 4 weeks. The track has now reached 700,000 downloads and the equivalent of the entire population of Canada (34 MILLION) has listened to them online. Their debut album Zombies!... has nearly 300,000 sales to date and is still selling around 30,000 copies per week.

HelloGoodbye have announced the following dates:

TUE 27-NOV CARDIFF UNI GREAT HALL
WED 28-NOV EXETER LEMON GROVE
THU 29-NOV PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS
FRI 30-NOV CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE
SUN 2-DEC SHEFFIELD LEADMILL
MON 3-DEC NEWCASTLE ACADEMY
TUES 4-DEC GLASGOW ABC
WEDS 5-DEC LEEDS MET UNIVERSITY
FRI 7-DEC BRIXTON ACADEMY
SAT 8-DEC FOLKESTONE LEES CLIFF HALL
SUN 9-DEC NORWICH UEA
MON 10-DEC BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY
TUE 11-DEC MANCHESTER ACADEMY

Tickets £12. London £13.50
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