July 15, 2008 20:57

Kings Of Leon announce UK arena tour

Glastonbury headliners will hit the road this December

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Kings Of Leon have announced that they'll play several UK arena shows this December.

The recent Oxegen and Glastonbury headliners are set to play several dates in support of their forthcoming album 'Only By The Night', which is due out September 22.

They'll kick things off in Brighton on December 1 before playing dates in cities including Newcastle, Liverpool, London and Manchester.

They'll wrap up the tour with a final gig in Cardiff on December 17.

Tickets for the shows are set to go on sale Friday (July 18) at 9am BST. Their V Festival warm-up gig at Brixton Academy on August 14 has already sold out.

The arena tour dates are:

Brighton Centre (December 1)
Nottingham Trent FM Arena (2)
Newcastle Metro Arena (4)
Sheffield Arena (5)
Glasgow SECC (7)
Liverpool Echo Arena (8)
Birmingham NIA (10)
London O2 Arena (11)
Bournemouth BIC (14)
Manchester Evening News Arena (16)
Cardiff International Arena (17)

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