Postal Service announce two upcoming UK tour dates
Band will tour for the first time since 2003
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The Postal Service have announced their first headline tour dates in ten years - which include two UK concerts. Ticket details are below.
In order to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the duo's debut - and only - album Give Up, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello have reunited and are going on a world tour.
As well as their previously announced headline date at Coachella festival, the band will also be playing a host of US dates and four concerts in Europe, two of which are in the UK.
The Postal Service are set to play Manchester Academy 2 on 18 May, followed by London's Brixton Academy on 20 May, before continuing on to Paris and then appearing at Barcelona's Primavera festival.
The band are also releasing a deluxe edition of Give Up - the record is the original ten tracks, along with fifteen bonus tracks. The bonus tracks include a previously unreleased live recording, and every other official recording the band has ever released.
It also has cover versions of Postal Service classics by The Shins and Iron & Wine, as well as brand new songs 'Turn Around' and 'A Tattered Line of String'.
The band's website advertises their first tour since 2003
Jenny Lewis, of Rilo Kiley, appears on two of them - and will also be part of a band accompanying the duo on their tour, along with Laura Burhenn.
Lewis appeared on the original album, and also previously played with Gibbard and Tamborello on their 2003 tour.
Full European dates below. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.
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