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Belle and Sebastian announce UK Tour Dates 21/07/10 in Belle and Sebastian
In the immediate aftermath of their headlining slot at the Latitude Festival last weekend, Belle and Sebastian have now announced details of their first tour of the British Isles since 2006.
The shows include 3 shows with a forty-piece orchestra; the B&S curated Bowlie 2 festival at Butlins in Minehead and conclude with a hometown pre-Christmas show at the Barrowland in Glasgow.
The full itinerary for the month is:
DECEMBER 2010
1st BELFAST, Ulster Hall – tickets available here on Friday.
3rd DUBLIN, Union Canal Theatre – tickets available here on Friday.
5th GATESHEAD, Sage – tickets available here on Friday.
6th BIRMINGHAM, Symphony Hall – tickets available from here on Friday.
7th MANCHESTER, Apollo – tickets are available from here on Friday.
9th BOURNEMOUTH, O2 Academy – tickets are available from here on Friday.
10th – 12th MINEHEAD, Bowlie 2 Festival @ Butlins Holiday Camp (B&S play Saturday 11th) – limited tickets are available here.
14th LEICESTER, De Montfort Hall – tickets are available from here on Friday.
16th BRISTOL, Colston Hall – tickets are available here on Friday.
21st GLASGOW, Barrowland – tickets are available here on Friday.
The Gateshead, Birmingham and Manchester shows feature the London Contemporary Orchestra.
Tickets for all the shows go on sale on Friday 23rd July at 9am.
Bowlie 2
The line up for Bowlie 2, presented by All Tomorrow’s Parties now consists of :
BELLE & SEBASTIAN / TEENAGE FANCLUB / ISOBEL CAMPBELL and MARK LANEGAN / JULIAN COPE / THE VASELINES / THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS / VASHTI BUNYAN / THE APPLES IN STEREO / FRIGHTENED RABBIT / FIELD MUSIC / HOWLIN’ RAIN / THOSE DANCING DAYS / THE DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE / SILVER COLUMNS / FOALS / CRYSTAL CASTLES / DEAN WAREHAM PLAYS GALAXIE 500 / MULATU ASTATKE / EDWYN COLLINS / STEVE MASON / DIRTY PROJECTORS / THE ZOMBIES / JENNY AND JOHNNY / SONS AND DAUGHTERS / TREMBLING BELLS / ABAGAIL GREY / ZOEY VAN GOEY / THE 1900s
A limited number of chalets are still available (4 berth room only; 4 berth self-catering; 6 berth self-catering and 7 berth self-catering) from
Between now and the shows the band will release their eighth studio album as well as playing shows in Spain, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico and will undertake their first tour of South America.