Mumm-Ra new single release

Bexhill based 5 piece Mumm-Ra have announced details of the release of a new single. What Would Steve Do? will be released through Columbia Records on 19 February 2007.

Recorded with renowned producer Youth in the autumn of 2006, it is taken from their as-yet-untitled debut album, which is set for release in May 2007. The single will be released on CD and two coloured 7" singles, and will feature unreleased tracks Cute As and Without You. The single follows their previous release, Out Of The Question, which was released in October 2006.

The band have also been announced as one of the bands heading out on the Shockwaves NME Awards Indie Rock Tour in early 2007.

The 17-date tour, also featuring The Automatic, The Horrors and the View, kicks off in Belfast on 29 January.

The full list of dates is as follows:

JANUARY
Mon 29 Belfast Ulster Hall
Tue 30 Dublin Ambassadors

FEBRUARY
Thu 1 Glasgow Academy
Fri 2 Glasgow Academy
Sat 3 Manchester Academy
Sun 4 Manchester Academy
Tue 6 Newcastle Academy
Wed 7 Birmingham Academy
Thur 8 Norwich UEA
Sat 10 Cardiff University
Sun 11 Sheffield Octagon
Mon 12 Reading Hexagon
Wed 14 Nottingham Rock City
Thur 15 Liverpool University
Fri 16 Southampton Guildhall
Sun 18 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Mon 19 Exeter University
Tue 20 Bristol Academy
Fri 23 London Brixton Academy

Tickets for the tour are available via www.nme.com/gigs or via a 24hr cc line on 08701 663 663 and are priced at £15, except in London where they will be £17.

Mumm-Ra have recently completed a number of UK dates both as support to The Automatic as well as their own headline shows, including a sold-out show at London's 100 Club.

Check out the video below:

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