Athlete Set To Make iTunes History

Athlete are set to play a special one-off show at London’s Apple Store next Tuesday (October 18).

In an unprecedented move, a week later on October 25, all 20 iTunes stores worldwide will be making five tracks from the show available to download.

The gig will start at 9pm where the band will play to an intimate crowd of just 400. Fans can get tickets through the band’s official website only.

Meanwhile the band have just confirmed that the next single to be released off their ‘Tourist’ LP will be ‘Twenty Four Hours’ on November 14.

The band head out on their biggest tour yet, in late October to support the single’s release. They play the following dates:

Manchester Carling Apollo –October 25
Manchester Carling Apollo - 26
Newcastle Carling Academy - 27
Glasgow Carling Academy - 28
Edinburgh Corn Exchange - 29
Brighton Centre, Brighton - 31
London Hammersmith Carling Apollo – November 1
London Hammersmith Carling Apollo - 2
Derby Assembly Rooms - 4
Cambridge Corn Exchange - 5
Portsmouth Guildhall - 6
Plymouth Pavilion - 7
Bristol Colston Hall - 9
Birmingham Carling Academy - 11
Newport Centre - 12