April 15, 2008 5:00

The Courteeners announce UK tour

Band will head out on the road again in October

Photo Gallery: The Courteeners

Manchester lads The Courteeners have announced another batch of tour dates.

The four-piece, whose debut album 'St. Jude' entered the charts at Number Four this weekend, are currently on a sold-out tour of the UK.

After various summer festival appearances, though, The Courteeners will kick off a new headlining tour in Newcastle on October 3.

The band will play the following dates:

Newcastle Academy (October 3)
Sheffield Academy (4)
Dundee Fat Sam's (6)
Glasgow Barrowlands (7)
Manchester Apollo (9)
Liverpool University (11)
Hull University (13)
Nottingham Rock City (14)
Norwich UEA (15)
Leeds Academy (17)
Birmingham Academy (18)
Portsmouth Pyramid Centre (19)
Bristol Academy (20)
Oxford Academy (22)
London Shepherd's Bush Empire (23)

Tickets for the tour go on sale at 10am (BST) on Friday (April 18).

To check the availability of Courteeners tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.