Level 42 October dates

Live Nation are proud to announce that Level 42 are set to play a series of headline shows across the UK in October 2008.

Tickets are on sale now and can be booked through www.livenation.co.uk or the hotline 0844 576 5483. An enormous commercial success, the band took the '80s by storm with their brand of jazz funk driven by Mark King's trademark bass-stylings that came from the underground soul scene and they changed the face of the music scene in Britain.

Level 42 have released 14 studio albums, 7 live albums, and 6 compilation albums, had 18 top 40 singles, including Lessons in Love, Something About You, Leaving Me Now, Running in the Family, and Hot Water, sold out Wembley for a total of 21 nights and sold in excess of 30 million albums worldwide.

Though the band stopped touring and recording in 1994, founding member and front man Mark King continued under his own name and with his distinctive slap bass and song-writing style kept the loyal fan base happy. In 2001 he acquired the rights to the name 'Level 42' and took the band back out on the road again.

The line-up of Level 42 for the 2008 tour is: Mark King bass/vocals, Gary Husband drums, Mike Lindup keys/vocals, Nathan King guitar/vocals and Sean Freeman sax/vocals.

Dates are:

OCTOBER
4 MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE 0870 401 9000
5 GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL 0141 353 8000
7 CARLISLE SANDS CENTRE 0122 862 5222
8 LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC HALL 0151 709 3789
10 LEICESTER DE MONTFORT HALL 0116 233 3111
11 OXFORD NEW THEATRE 0870 606 3500
12 BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY HALL 0121 780 3333
14 NEWCASTLE CITY HALL 0191 261 2606
15 SHEFFIELD CITY HALL 0114 278 9789
17 SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL 0238 063 2601
18 PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS 0845 146 1460
19 BRISTOL COLSTON HALL 0117 922 3686
21 CARDIFF ST DAVIDS HALL 0292 087 8444
22 CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE 0122 335 7851
23 LONDON ROYAL ALBERT HALL 0207 589 8212
25 CROYDON FAIRFIELDS HALL 0208 688 9291
26 FOLKESTONE LEAS CLIFF HALL 0130 322 8600
28 SOUTHEND CLIFFS PAVILION 0170 235 1135
29 IPSWICH REGENT 0147 343 3100
30 BRIGHTON DOME 0127 370 9709

Tickets are priced at £24.50 regional and London £35/£31.50/£29.50/£26.50 and can be booked through www.livenation.co.uk or 24hr cc hotline 0844 576 5483 (all tickets subject to a booking fee).