Arab Strap To Play Farewell Tour

Arab Strap have left a message on their website last night confirming their split and announcing news of a farewell tour.

As Gigwise told you yesterday, Aiden Moffat and Malcolm Middleton have acrimoniously decided to go their separate ways.

In the statement, they said that they feel that after ten years, the band have ‘run their course’ and they look forward to ‘celebrating’ with the release of their compilation album ‘Ten Year of Tears.’

It reads: “Yes, it’s the end for Arab Strap. After ten years, six studio albums, three live albums and all manner of everything else, we’ve decided the story should come to a close.

“There’s no animosity, no drama, we simply feel we’ve run our course and The Last Romance seems to us the most obvious and logical final act of the Arab Strap studio adventure. Everybody likes a happy ending!

“We will, of course, be celebrating. Our anniversary compilation, “Ten Years Of Tears” (see below) will be released this October/November and we are planning what will be our Farewell Tour (which sounds kind of cool) around the release in the UK and Europe (we’ll post the dates over the weekend).

“We hope you’ll be able to join us, but if you can’t make it then let us take this opportunity to thank you for listening.”