Having wowed critics with the release of their new album ‘Freaks Like Us’ which has received high praise across the board,STRAIGHT LINES are now preparing to take the album out on the road through September and October.

Speaking of ‘Freaks Like Us’ Kerrang! magazine said it possessed “choruses of a size that require a forklift to lift them” (4K’s)while Rock Sound said “…Straight Lines should be the biggest band on the planet right now” (8/10).

In addition, the singles taken from the record have been going down a storm at radio and television. ‘Half Gone’ secured ‘Single of the Week’ on Kerrang! Radio and was Huw Stephens ‘Next Hype’ on Zane Lowes BBC Radio 1 show and new single‘Commitments’ was made Kerrang! TV’s ‘Video of the Week’ on the week of the album’s release. You can watch the video for‘Commitments’ here: http://www.youtube.com/xtramilerecordings

The band has toured with the likes of Funeral for a Friend, The Subways, Kids In Glass Houses, The Get Up Kids and Presidents of the USA. Their headline ‘Freaks Like Us’ shows are listed below. In addition the band will be playing a special Xtra Mile Recordingsnight at Volks, Brighton as part of The Great Escape on 11^th May.

September

Fri 21 Leicester Soundhouse

Sat 22 Hull Fruit Space

Sun 23 Carlisle The Brickyard

Mon 24 Glasgow King Tuts

Tue 25 Newcastle O2 Academy2

Thu 27 Manchester Sound Control

Fri 28 Leeds Cockpit 3

Sat 29 Nottingham Red Room

Sun 30 Derby The Vic

October

Mon 01 Birmingham The Rainbow

Tue 02 Norwich Waterfront Studio

Thu 04 Kingston New Slang

Fri 05 Brighton The Hydrant

Sat 06 Southampton Joiners

Sun 07 Exeter Cavern

Wed 10 Bristol Thekla

Thu 11 Oxford Jericho

Fri 12 Milton Keynes

Crauford Arms

Sat 13 Reading Face Bar

Mon 15 London Barfly

Tue 16 Cardiff CF10

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As the countdown to the release of their new single ‘Jennifer’ on May 28th continues, Little Comets announce their biggest shows to date in an extensive October and November UK tour.

Full tour dates are below, tickets will be available as an exclusive fan pre sale on Wednesday 2^rd May. General sale Tuesday 8^th May.

October 2012

Tues           16th Manchester, The Manchester Ritz

Wed           17th Hull,  The Welly

Thurs         18th Edinburgh, The Electric Circus

Fri              19th Glasgow, King Tuts

Sat              20th Newcastle, O2 Academy

Mon            22nd Leeds, The Cockpit

Tues            23rd Birmingham, O2 Academy 2

Wed            24th Norwich, Open

Thurs          25th Sheffield, O2 Academy 2

Fri               26th Bristol, Fleece

Sun             28th Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

Mon           29th Brighton, Concorde

Tues           30th Oxford, O2 Academy 2

Wed            31st Nottingham, Rescue Rooms

November 2012

Thurs          1st London, Koko

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with their new single ‘Wolf Hand’ out this week on Transgressive & having today confirmed more festival appearances for Pukkelpop & Y Not Festival, Leeds rockers Pulled Apart By Horses have just uploaded a free EP for fans to download from their Facebook page.

The download EP includes an MP3 of this morning’s fantastic cover of Lana Del Rey’s hit ‘Blue Jeans’ recorded for Fearne Cotton’s BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, which set twitter on fire with praise for the band. The rest of the EP is made up of recently recorded live tracks taken from their new album ‘Tough Love’, including the single itself, ‘Wolf Hand’.

The full tracklisting for the free download EP is:

1.     Blue Jeans (Lana Del Rey cover)
2.     Wolf Hand (live)
3.     Everything Dipped in Gold (live)
4.     Night of the Living (I’m Scared of People) (live)

Download it here: http://on.fb.me/I8EVxF

According to the band Wolf Hand is “our very own piercing tale of forgetting about ageing and staying forever young,” and there’s no doubt that every word, pounding beat and soaring guitar embodies the spirit of youth, as captured in this home inspired video directed by Bob Harlow.

Watch the video for ‘Wolf Hand’ here:www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0vYLlqwuuc

One of the album’s many highlights ‘Wolf Hand’ demonstrates just why Q said ‘Tough Love’ was “the most exciting British rock album in years”.  The album’s previous single ‘V.E.N.O.M.’ received unprecedented support from Radio 1, 6 Music and XFM and ‘Wolf Hand’ looks certain to carry on the tradition, hot on the heels of an incredible UK tour that climaxed at a sold out show at The Electric Ballroom in London. The band have also been confirmed for a slew of festivals this summer, including the main stage slot at Reading & Leeds.

Catch the band at the following shows:

May 5th Popadelica Festival, Huskvarna, Sweden
Jun 1st Volume Festival @ The Box, Crewe, UK
Jun 2nd Dot To Dot Festival, Bristol, UK
Jun 3rd Dot To Dot Festival, Nottingham, UK
Jun 4th  Dot To Dot Festival, Manchester, UK
Jun 8th Rough Beats Festival, Yorkshire, UK
Jun 24th Isle of Wight Festival, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK
Jul 6th In The Park, Kinross, Scotland, UK
Jul 13th 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, UK
Aug 4^th Y Not Festival, Derbyshire, UK
Aug 17th Area4 Festival, Lüdinghausen, Germany
Aug 18^th Pukkelpop Festival, Belgium
Aug 24th Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
Aug 26th Reading Festival, Reading, UK

After a tremendously busy 2011, A Plastic Rose kicked off 2012 by supporting Snow Patrol at London’s O2 Arena and Belfast’s Odyssey Arena to crowds of up to 34,000 at two sold out shows.

Finally, an opportunity to prove their worth on the biggest of all stages after 5 years of relentless touring, recording, and writing to build their loyal fanbase, known to the band as the APRmy, this is yet another step forward for one of Northern Ireland’s most exciting bands.

After paying tribute to them in Q Magazine’s August issue, Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody came to see the band he had so long admired in a tiny, dark venue in Belfast, and was so impressed he extended the invitation to join Snow Patrol on their ‘Fallen Empires’ arena tour.

It’s now full steam ahead for the rest of the year with ‘Boy Racer’the 2nd of 4 singles from their highly anticipated debut album, released in June, through the label Di Di Mau. The album’s planned release date is September 2012.

‘Boy Racer’ follows the recent single ‘Build From the Ground Up’which has successfully got people talking about this exciting new band, garnering them comparisons to the likes of Biffy Clyro, Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, and Twin Atlantic.

Their mixture of pure emotion and rock and roll dynamics has seen them winning over audiences all over the UK and Ireland, headlining the 2nd stage of the T Vital Festival in Bangor, and high profile gigs such as Arthur’s Day in Dublin supporting BelX1, the Glasgowbury music festival in Draperstown, the Sea Sessions, and tour support for Snow Patrol confirm that A Plastic Rose are THE most exciting new rock band in the UK right now.

July UK Tour:

Friday 13th, Leeds, The Cockpit w/ Kasiuss

Saturday 14^th,Southampton, Joiners

Sunday 15^th, Bristol, Thekla

Monday 16^th, Nottingham, Rescue Room w/ Great British Weather

Tuesday 17^th, Manchester, Dry Bar

Thursday 19^th, Stoke, Sugarmill w/ Gravities

Friday 20^th, London, Barfly, Jubilee Club Night

Saturday 21^st Oxfordshire, Shire Fest 

Following last Friday’s massive sold out headline show at London Wembley Arena; Frank Turner will embark on a full 18 date UK tour in November and December. To coincide with Record Store Day on 21st April Frank has also released a specially limited edition 7’ vinyl of his new AA single ‘I Still Believe’ and ‘Somebody To Love’.

Frank Turner has had an exceptional couple of years; a huge sold out 2011 UK tour culminating at Hammersmith Apollo, Main Stage sets at Reading and Leeds, winning two AIM Awards for Best Live Act and Hardest Working Act, a top 12 album ‘England Keep My Bones’ and his biggest headline show at Wembley Arena.

This year also saw general release of Frank’s ‘Second Three Years’ – a collection of live tracks, sessions, cover versions, b-sides and lost songs from the past three years. The collection features live recordings of the traditional folk song ‘Barbara Allen’ from Shepherd’s Bush and the show-stopping ‘Father’s Day’ from Union Chapel both in 2009; covers versions of Springsteen, Nirvana, NOFX and Flanders & Swann to name a few as well as session tracks from Radio 1 and the bonus tracks featured on the limited deluxe edition of ‘England Keep My Bones’.

Incredibly limited double AA sided coloured vinyl 7” featuring

A: I Still Believe and AA: Somebody To Love available only on RECORD STORE DAY 21st April. Available digitally from 30th April (both on Xtra Mile Recordings).

This new tour see Frank go to all corners of the UK, with special guests to be announced soon. It’s going to be a corker!

NOVEMBER 2012

SUN 11 NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY – 0845 413 4444

MON 12 LEEDS O2 ACADEMY – 0844 477 2000

TUE 13  LIVERPOOL O2 ACADEMY – 0844 477 2000*

WED 14 SWANSEA BRANRYWN HALL

THU 15  READING HEXAGON – 0118 960 6060

SAT 17   NEWCASTLE O2 ACADEMY – 0844 477 2000*

SUN 18 EDINBURGH HMV PICTURE HOUSE – 0844 499 9990

MON 19 SHEFFIELD O2 ACADEMY – 0844 477 2000*

TUE 20  NORWICH OPEN- 01603 763 111*

THU 22  MARGATE WINTER GARDENS – 01843 292 795

FRI 23 WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL – 0870 320 7000

SAT 24 LEAMINGTON SPA ASSEMBLY – 0844 854 1358*

SUN 25 LINCOLN ENGINE SHED – 0844 888 8766*

MON 26 OXFORD O2 ACADEMY – 0844 477 2000

WED 28 BRIGHTON CORN EXCHANGE – 01273 709 709

THU 29  SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL – 023 8063 2601

FRI 30 TRURO HALL FOR CORNWALL – 01872 262 466

DECEMBER 2012

SAT 01   BATH PAVILION – 01225 330 304*

Tickets go onsale Friday 20th April at 9am http://www.gigsandtours.com/?a=frank+turner&site=frankturner