The Saw Doctors December dates

The Saw Doctors who announced this month a four date jaunt across the UK in December have added four new dates to the tour.

This year, The Saw Doctors will celebrate 21 years on the road as a working band - back in 1988, Mike Scott of The Waterboys discovered The Saw Doctors in the back bar of The Quays Pub in Galway and promptly invited the Tuam lads to tour with The Waterboys on their Fisherman's Blues jaunt around Ireland and the UK.

Last October, The Saw Doctors reached Number One in the Irish Music Charts with their rocked up version of the Sugababes song, About You Now - it was the first time in seventeen years that The Saw Doctors reached Number One in Ireland.

As part of the bands 21st Birthday celebrations, Shamtown Records will release a 40 track "Best Of" CD of The Saw Doctors in September of this year - the "Best Of" collection will include the bands four Irish Number One's, I Useta Lover, Hay Wrap, N17 and About You Now, as well as their three UK Top Thirty hits, World of Good, To Win Just Once, and Small Bit of Love.

This summer, The Saw Doctors will play a lot of UK, USA and Irish Festivals, including Cambridge Folk Festival in England on August 1, Oxegen at Punchestown Racecourse on July 12, and the Cape Cod Melody Tent Festival in Massachusetts on August 15.

Over the years, The Saw Doctors have built up a reputation as a great live band. You can see them live at;

New shows:

November
Sunday 29th Wolverhampton Wulfrun 0870 320 7000

December
Tuesday 8th O2 Academy Bristol 0844 477 2000
Sunday 13th Norwich UEA 01603 508 050
Tuesday 15th O2 Academy Oxford 0844 477 2000

Dates already announced:

December
Friday 4th Liverpool Philharmonic 0151 709 3789
Saturday 5th London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire 0844 477 2000
Friday 11th Manchester Apollo 0844 477 7677
Saturday 12th O2 Academy Leeds 0844 477 2000

Tickets are £20 Regional / £21.50 London. Buy tickets here.