THE VIEW
Confirm intimate summer headline tour ahead of the July 2^nd release of 4^th album CHEEKY FOR A REASON

The View issue their fourth album, entitled “Cheeky For A Reason” on July 2^nd. The album is the band’s fourth after the Mercury-nominated #1 debut ‘Hats Off To The Buskers’, the Top 10 follow-up ‘Which Bitch’ and 2011’s Top 20 ‘Bread & Circuses’, and is currently being recorded at Liverpool’s Motor Museum Studios with producer Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight, Foals). Early track titles that are vying for inclusion on the album include ’Bunker’, ‘The Clock Has No Sympathy’,’ Anfield Row’ ‘How Long’ and ‘AB’.

When asked to describe the album, lead singer/guitarist Kyle Falconer said “its Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours done by The Clash”.

‘Cheeky For A Reason’ will be released by the bands new label Cooking Vinyl on Monday 2^nd July and pre-ceded by a single on 25^th June. The self penned album includes three songs written by Kyle & Kieren with writer/producer and unofficial 5^th member of Kings Of Leon – Angelo Petraglia.

The Scottish quartet will preview the album’s release by embarking upon an intimate tour in June & July. The tour is their first full UK trek in over a year, having concluded 2011 with a run of dates across Scotland. The full itinerary runs as below, with a further full UK tour to follow later in the year:

June

9^th – Inverness, Rockness
10^th – Stockton, Ku Bar
12^th – Leeds, Cockpit
13^th – Hull, The Welly
14^th – York, The Duchess
16^th – Sheffield, Leadmill
17^th – Liverpool, O2 Academy
18^th – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
19^th – Cardiff, Cardiff University
20^th – Bristol, Fleece
22^nd – Northampton, Roadmender
23^rd – Oxford, O2 Academy 2
24^th – Brighton, Concorde 2
25^th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
26^th – London, Koko
28^th – Cambridge, Junction
29^th – Wolverhampton, Wulfren Hall

July

7^th – Cleethorpes, Pleasure Island
8^th – Doncaster, The Dome
9^th – Manchester, The Ritz
10^th – Newcastle, O2 Academy 2
12^th – Glasgow, O2 Academy

Tickets go on general sale from Friday 30th March 2012 and are priced at £16.50 in advance for London and Scotland and £14 in advance for all other venues

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