The Horrors biggest world tour to date

Following the overwhelming success of their Top 5 album Skying, The Horrors are embarking on their biggest world tour to date. To coincide with this, the band are releasing 'Changing the Rain', the third single from the album on March 12th.

The tour kicks off in Sydney on February 2nd, with another five headlines shows in Australia, followed by dates in Singapore, Taiwan and Japan. They return to the UK in March to play arena shows with Florence + the Machine, before heading out to the US for key slots at Coachella Festival on April 13th and 20th. The band return in May, to play their biggest ever UK shows, starting in Glasgow O2 ABC at and culminating at O2 Brixton Academy on May 25th

Like its Radio 1 playlisted predecessors, 'Changing the Rain' will be available to download on March 12th 2012. The video for the single is being created by illustrator/artist/musician Pete Fowler, whose work inhabits a world where character design meets music and art in a weird and wonderful way.

Tour Dates are as follows:

Feb 2nd Metro Theatre Sydney
Feb 3rd Forum Theatre Melbourne
Feb 4th Footscray Community Arts Centre Melbourne
Feb 5th Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) Sydney
Feb 10th Fowler's Live and Unisa West Courtyards Perth
Feb 11th Perth Cultural Centre Perth
Feb 14th Sa-buga Convention Hall Bandung
Feb 16th KITEC Auditorium Hong Kong
Feb 17th Legacy Taipei City
Feb 18th Hostess Club Weekender Tokyo
Feb 22nd Doornroosje 6525 EL Nijmegen
Feb 24th Effenaar Eindhoven

Supporting Florence + The Machine
March 4th Bournemouth International Centre and Pavillion Bournemouth
March 5th Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
March 6th Nottingham Arena Nottingham
March 8th Alexandra Palace London
March 9th Alexandra Palace London
March 10th Alexandra Palace London
March 12th SECC Glasgow
March 13th NEC LG Arena Birmingham
March 15th Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester
March 16th Metro Radio Arena Newcastle Upon Tyne UK
March 23rd Tonhalle München Germany


April 9th Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn
April 10th Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn
April 11th Paradise Boston
April 13th Coachella Valley Music Festival INDIO
April 20th Coachella Valley Music Festival INDIO
May 12th Dublin Academy Dublin
May 13th Belfast Mandela Hall Belfast
May 15th O2 ABC Glasgow
May 16th The Leadmill Sheffield
May 18th HMV Institute Birmingham
May 19th HMV Ritz Manchester
May 20th Solus Cardiff
May 23rd O2 Academy Bristol
May 25th O2 Academy Brixton