White Lies announce details of new single

White Lies have announced details of the release of a new single, Farewell To The Fairground, through Fiction Records on March 23rd 2009.

The single is a new mix by Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine) of the song taken from their debut number 1 album, To Lose My Life, which was released in January.

The single will feature an M83 mix of Nothing To Give and a cover of Kanye West's Love Lockdown, which the band performed for a recent Radio 1 Live Lounge session. It will be available on CD, 2x 7" & download.

Currently on the road as part of this year's NME Awards Tour, alongside Glasvegas, Florence & The Machine & Friendly Fires, the band have also recently announced their own headline shows in May. The Leeds, Glasgow & Manchester venues have since been upgraded due to phenomenal demand and the London shows sold out within minutes.

The full list of their headline dates in May are as follows:

MAY
3rd Leeds Metropolitan University – SOLD OUT
4th Glasgow Barrowlands
5th Manchester Academy
7th London Heaven – SOLD OUT
8th London Heaven – SOLD OUT

Buy tickets here.

Support of all dates comes from School Of Seven Bells. Tickets are priced at £12 and are available from the venues or via www.gigsinscotland.com (Glasgow) & www.gigsandtours.com (Manchester)

Prior to these dates White Lies head to the U.S. in March to co-headline the 'NME Presents' tour alongside Friendly Fires. They also play the SxSW festival in Austin, Texas in March at legendary outdoor venue Stubbs, the Coachella Festival, Indio, California in April and will make their U.S. TV debut on the David Letterman show. The band have also a number of European dates in early March and another trip to Tokyo in April.

Their album also reached gold status (100,000+ sales) in the U.K. within 2 weeks of release.

White Lies are: Harry McVeigh (vocals / guitar), Charles Cave (bass) & Jack Brown (drums).