The Joy Formidable announce UK tour

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The Welsh trio have announced their first full-length UK headlining tour kicking off May 31st in Liverpool.

Having just completed a stint with Howling Bells and Chew Lips, their up-coming tour sees them playing 10 nights across the country over 12 days.

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MAY 31st Liverpool Barfly
JUNE 1st Newcastle Academy 2
2nd York Fibbers
3rd The Royal Derby
5th Manchester Ruby Lounge
7th Birmingham Bar Academy
8th London Borderline
9th Cambridge Portland
10th Southampton Joiners Arms
11th Brighton Audio

Little Comets in Sheffield: Public Transport and the Boardwalk

Like Piped Pipers of the North, Little Comets, lured a collection of indie miscreants – camera-phones at the ready - onto a Sheffield tram for a pre-gig sing-along ahead of their headlining slot at Sheffield’s Boardwalk on Friday.

Riding the four short stops down to the Boardwalk, Little Comets, surrounded by a horde of excitable fans and a few disgruntled-looking commuters, launched into an almost perfect rendition of Friday Don't Need It followed by Who's My Fiancé? and Dancing Song.

Five minutes later, the tram pulled into Castle Square and the procession of camera-phones continued down the street, much to the bewilderment of regular Sheffield folk.

Freshly back on UK soil after a stint in France recording their debut album (the boys got back in the wee hours of Thursday), Matt, Mark, Micky and Rob resumed a tour that was interrupted to record some songs proper-like.

Excited to be in Sheffield with their recently acquired merchandise, the boys storm through a brief but very energetic set including recent single One Night In October and favourites Joanna and Adultery.

They might not be the first band to decide to gig on public transport (remember The Others?) nor have they developed any sort of distinguishing iconic branding (ala The Horrors), but Little Comets have nurtured an invigorating blend of chirpy hyper-active tunes that will seep into the stagnant mainstream and slap generic indie round the face. Provided of course their songs don't all end up sounding like variants of the same basic formula.

Whoever said the music industry booms in a recession was obviously expecting gems like Little Comets.