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NME Godlike Genius, Q Legend – today announces details of a major UK winter tour. He hits the road in late November for a 16-date series of shows culminating in a hometown performance at Manchester’s MEN Arena the weekend before Christmas. The full dates are as follows:
Sun 29 November: Leicester De Montfort Hall
Mon 30 November: Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Tue 01 December: Ipswich Regent
Thu 03 December: Bournemouth O2 Academy
Fri 04 December: London Brixton O2 Academy
Sat 05 December: London Brixton O2 Academy (8PM-2AM)
Mon 07 December: Cambridge Corn Exchange
Tue 08 December: Sheffield O2 Academy
Thu 10 December: Leeds O2 Academy
Fri 11 December: Leeds O2 Academy
Sat 12 December: Liverpool University
Mon 14 December: Newcastle City Hall
Tue 15 December: Edinburgh Picture House
Wed 16 December: Glasgow O2 Academy
Fri 18 December: Birmingham O2 Academy
Sat 19 December: Manchester MEN Arena
Tickets go on sale at 9.30am Thursday 27 August.
The shows will be the first following the release of Brown’s sixth studio album, My Way, due 28 September on Fiction. The bulk of the album’s 12 tracks were co-written with long time collaborator Dave McCracken at London’s Battery Studios, where Brown and the Stone Roses recorded their seminal debut 20 years before. Lead track Stellify was debuted on radio on Monday 10 August, at the same time the video for the song was premiered online. In an unprecedented move, Fiction made the Stellify EP available to download that evening and it shot straight to #1 on iTunes. Stellify will be released as a traditional single via all retailers on 21 September on Fiction. It is followed a week later by My Way, on CD, 12-inch and download.
Ian Brown has been confirmed as very special guest on the main stage at the 2009 Reading and Leeds festivals on 28-29 August. He plays shows in Wolverhampton (25 August) and Oxford (26) beforehand.
