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The Drums announce new dates
10 March 2010

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Having just finished the NME Awards Tour with a triumphant show at London's Brixton Academy, THE DRUMS were crowned winners of the "Philip Hall Radar" award at NME awards on 24th February. The quartet have now announced a new London headline show for June plus they'll be playing Camden Crawl & Live at Leeds Festival as well:

30th April - Live at Leeds Festival, Leeds
1st May - Camden Crawl, London
Tuesday 8th June - Heaven, London

Released on 29th March, the first single from the album will be brand new track "Best Friend", which has fast become a live favourite with its soaring chorus and guitarist Jacob Graham's impassioned tambourine playing.

Additionally, THE DRUMS will be appearing as the special guests on FLORENCE + THE MACHINE's May UK tour.

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE support dates:

2 May - Olympia Theatre, Dublin
3 May - Olympia Theatre, Dublin
5 May - Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
6 May - Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
7 May - Empress Ballroom, Blackpool


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9 May - Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
10 May - Civic Theatre, Wolverhampton
11 May - Civic Theatre, Wolverhampton
13 May - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
14 May - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
15 May - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London

Press for THE DRUMS:
"A band to fall in love with" NME

"The most exciting sound of 2010" GQ

"[The Drums] breathe new credibility into the notion that guitar pop still has something thrilling to say" The Sunday Times

"They will be huge" The Sun

"Melodic indie pop perfection" Clash, # 1 in OTW 2010

"Amazing" The Fly

"Wonderful" Music Week

"Terrific pop music" Dazed + Confused

"Excellent" Esquire

"Truly divine" Time Out
  author: HAMISH DAVEY WRIGHT 10 March 2010