The Courteeners Announce Massive UK Tour

The Courteeners have announced a huge UK tour for January/February and details of their next single.

The hotly tipped Manchester band will play twenty one dates in total starting in Preston and finishing up in Dundee.

They’re yet to announce a hometown show as part of the tour although they are playing two shows at the Apollo and Ritz in Manchester during December.

They will release their next single ‘What Took You So Long’ on January 14 which with recorded with producer Stephen Street.

Tickets for the 2008 tour go on sale at 9am on Thursday (November 22) and will be available via Gigwise.

The dates are:

Preston, 53 Degrees – January 16
Hull, Welly Club – 17
Warrington, Parr Hall – 18
Wolverhampton, Civic Bar – 19
Nottingham, Rescue Rooms – 21
Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms – 22
Tunbridge Wells, Forum – 26
Reading, Fuzz Club – 27
Leicester, Charlotte – 28
Cambridge, Barfly – 29
Peterborough, Met Lounge – 31
Oxford, Academy – February 1
Swansea, Sin City – 2
Bristol, Thekla – 4
Truro, L2 Nightclub – 5
Plymouth University – 6
Stoke, Sugarmill – 7
Middlesbrough Arena – 9
Inverness, Raigmore – 14
Aberdeen, Kef – 15
Dundee, Fat Sams - 16