Jeremy Warmsley on Transgressive tour

The summer is traditionally an unlikely time to tour – it's all festivals and holidays and days being lost.

So the format is simple: take a vital mini-festival of sorts on the road, town to town, of the most exciting new acts the world has to offer right now and allow an evening of discovery to unfurl.

Each act will play just 30 minutes each, and the change-overs in between acts will be strictly tight. And it won't cost you an arm and a leg or a weekend in the mud. Chances are you can probably get a bus home afterwards, too.

Naturally, all acts on the bill are Transgressive affiliated, and thus thrillingly diverse – including the likes of brand-new signings ESSER, LIAM FINN, MECHANICAL BRIDE, SO SO MODERN, and OX.EAGLE.LION.MAN, as well as long-standing Transgressive favourites JEREMY WARMSLEY and ABSENTEE.

In choice, intimate venues across the country, a rotating line-up of five acts will perform each night.

Returning to pop after a brief hiatus making his new, second album 'How We Became' – due for unleashing this September on Transgressive – JEREMY WARMSLEY has been a busy boy.

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Without further ado, here are the all-important line-ups and dates (exact running orders to be decided on the night in a 'lottery'-style selection – so everyone must arrive early to avoid missing out):

JULY 2008:

4 Oxford Zodiac (14+):
– Jeremy Warmsley, Esser, Absentee, So So Modern, Mechanical Bride
5 Leicester Charlotte (14+):
– Jeremy Warmsley, Liam Finn, Esser, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, So So Modern
6 Nottingham Bodega (14+):
– Jeremy Warmsley, Liam Finn, Esser, So So Modern, Absentee
7 Sheffield Plug (14+):
– Jeremy Warmsley, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Esser, So So Modern, Liam Finn
9 Leeds Brudenell (14+):
– Jeremy Warmsley, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Liam Finn, Esser, So So Modern
10 Manchester Night & Day (18+):
- Jeremy Warmsley, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Liam Finn, Esser, So So Modern
11 Liverpool Academy 2 (16+):
- Jeremy Warmsley, Absentee, Esser, So So Modern, Mechanical Bride
13 Cardiff Ifor Bach (14+):
- Jeremy Warmsley, Absentee, Liam Finn, Esser, So So Modern
14 Bristol Thekla (14+):
- Jeremy Warmsley, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Liam Finn, Esser, So So Modern
15 Birmingham Bar Academy (14+):
- Jeremy Warmsley, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Liam Finn, Esser, So So Modern
16 London Cross Kings (14+):
- Jeremy Warmsley, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Liam Finn, Esser, So So Modern
17 Brighton Audio (16+):
- Jeremy Warmsley, Absentee, Liam Finn, Esser, So So Modern
19 Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut (16+):
- Jeremy Warmsley, Absentee, Liam Finn, Esser, Mechanical Bride

Tickets cost just £7.00 regionally in advance, and £8.50 in London, from all good outlets and retailers, as well as the venues themselves. Due to the mammoth line-up on the nights, the average door-time will range between 6pm and 6.30pm – check local venue for details, including curfew information (generally between 10pm and 11pm).