Overview
The infamous Shockwaves NME Awards Tour is ready to rock as The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Big Pink and The Drums all hit the road to greatness. Mould breaking indie band, The Maccabees will headline the hotly anticipated annual tour with Bombay Bicycle Club, The Big Pink and The Drums completing the stellar line-up which kicks off in Newcastle on 4 February 2010.
Joining the line-up for The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour is a sure sign that big things are about to happen and it's set to be one hell of a show. Bringing together the cream of the rock music crop, with hotly tipped art-rockers The Maccabees; Bombay Bicycle Club's folky-punk, but still rocky sound; electric rock duo The Big Pink and finally, The Drums with their updated take on 50's surf-rock. In short, anyone who likes their rock, in whatever form, will not be disappointed.
The tour has always been a fizzingly fertile breeding ground for breaking the best new talent with the likes of Ting Tings, Klaxons, Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Bloc Party and The Killers having graced previous rosters. As a new decade dawns, NME is once again proud to present four of the most hotly tipped bands for the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2010.
The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour has become a legendary starting block for bands on the road to greatness, having booked (at the time) mere unknowns such as Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs, who all went on to become the biggest and most critically acclaimed bands of the year.
SHOCKWAVES NME AWARDS TOURS 2010
FEBRUARY 2010
Thursday 4th – Newcastle O2 Academy
Friday 5th – Glasgow Barrowland
Saturday 6th – Manchester Academy
Sunday 7th – Leeds O2 Academy
Tuesday 9th – Nottingham Rock City
Wednesday 10th – Norwich UEA
Thursday 11th – Birmingham O2 Academy
Saturday 13th – Cardiff University
Sunday 14th – Bristol O2 Academy
Monday 15th – Brighton Dome
Tuesday 16th – Bournemouth O2 Academy
Thursday 18th – Portsmouth Pyramid
Friday 19th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
Saturday 20th – Brixton O2 Academy
If you're on O2 you can get Priority Tickets to see Shockwaves NME Awards Tour at O2 venues next February. Tickets on sale 11th November. Terms apply.
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