NME new music editor Jaimie Hodgson said, "With a line-up like this it was impossible to resist putting the NME Radar Tour out for the second time this year. It proves that 2009 is a truly ridiculous year for great music. The opportunity to see the best from the UK and the hottest new music coming out of the US all on the same bill is going to make this an amazing gig for music fans."
Golden Silvers' Gwilym Gold is quoted as saying of this year's line-up, "It's got that element of old school rock'n'roll about it...like Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis when they used to tour together. And everyone's waiting to find out who's going to kill it on the night!"
He added: "I hope it's gonna be quite social. I've heard a bit of Local Natives and they're almost a harmony band, aren't they? We do a lot of harmonies too, so maybe we should harmonise together?"
The tour dates are as follows:
Sat 26 September O2 Academy, Oxford
Sun 27 September Sheffield University Foundry, Sheffield
Mon 28 September Academy 3, Manchester
Wed 30 September The Duchess, York
Thu 01 October Oran Mor, Glasgow
Sat 03 October Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Sun 04 October Sugarmill, Stoke-On-Trent
Mon 05 October Liverpool University Stanley Theatre, Liverpool
Wed 07 October Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Thu 08 October Thekla, Bristol
Fri 09 October Warwick University, Coventry
Sat 10 October Civic Hall Bar, Wolverhampton
Mon 12 October Waterfront, Norwich
Tue 13 October Koko, London
Wed 14 October Concorde 2, Brighton
Tickets for the tour go on sale from 9am today, priced at £9.50. To buy tickets, click here.
article by: Scott Williams
published: 15/07/2009 08:58
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