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The Horrors, The Raveonettes and Delays set for 'Best British Sound' tour

The Courteeners' Liam Fray will play acoustic solo show too

August 28, 2008 | 4 Comments
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Ben Sherman have announced a run of four gigs over four cities celebrating the best homegrown talent.

Entitled 'The Best British Sound: Best Of The Festivals', the October shows will feature live performances from Pete And The Pirates, Delays, Little Man Tate, , an acoustic solo show from Liam Fray of the and, Danish band The Raveonettes are playing.

The rest of the line-ups will see Babyshambles' drummer Adam Ficek, The Twang and The Horrors all DJ.

The full line-up is as follows:

Bucks Student Union (October 4):
Pete And The Pirates
The Wave Pictures
Tim Ten Yen
The Horrors DJ Set

Manchester Academy (9):
Daggers
Delays
The Answering Machine
The Ruling Class
The Whip DJ Set

Birmingham Barfly (Sanctuary) (18):
Little Man Tate
Twisted Wheel
The Dykeenies
New Street Adventure
Computer Club
The Twang DJ Set

229 Club, London (25)
The Raveonettes
Liam Fray (The Courteeners)
The Displacements
The Bookhouse Boys
Peggy Sue
Story One
Adam Ficek (Babyshambles) DJ Set

To check the availability of ben Sherman Best Of British Sound tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

The Horrors tickets:

Date / Time	Artist	Venue	Town/City	Buy
Dec 03, 2009 18:30	The Horrors	Rescue Rooms	Nottingham	[Sold Out]
Dec 03, 2009 19:00	The Horrors	Rescue Rooms	Nottingham	[Sold Out]
Dec 04, 2009 12:00	The Horrors	Butlins Holiday Centre	Minehead	[Sold Out]
Dec 04, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	O2 Academy2 Oxford	Oxford	[Sold Out]
Dec 04, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	O2 Academy2 Oxford	Oxford	[Sold Out]
Dec 06, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	O2 Academy2 Bristol	Bristol	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seatwave
Dec 06, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	O2 Academy2 Bristol	Bristol	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seatwave
Dec 08, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	Lg Arena, The Nec	Birmingham	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 09, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	The O2 Arena	London	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 11, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	The Spa Royal Hall	Bridlington	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 11, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	The Spa Royal Hall		Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 12, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	Manchester Central	Manchester	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 12, 2009 19:30	The Horrors		Manchester	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 13, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	O2 Academy2 Liverpool	Liverpool	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seatwave
Dec 13, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	O2 Academy2 Liverpool	Liverpool	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 14, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	S.e.c.c.	Glasgow	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 16, 2009 18:30	The Horrors	O2 Academy2 Sheffield	Sheffield	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 16, 2009 19:30	The Horrors	O2 Academy2 Sheffield	Sheffield	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seatwave
Dec 17, 2009 20:00	The Horrors	Wedgewood Rooms	Portsmouth	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets
Dec 17, 2009 20:30	The Horrors	Wedgewood Rooms	Portsmouth	Buy The Horrors tickets from Seetickets

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wowzer555

Aug 28, 2008

God help Britain if this is the best we've got to offer.

spammer_ie

Aug 29, 2008

How do people like The Horrors? If they were playing out in my back garden I would shut the windows and pull the curtains.

mikeball

Aug 29, 2008

good grief i totally agree what a load of crap do we not have any better bands!

the mighty roosh

Nov 5, 2008

the horrors are amazing.... im fed up with people constantly slaggign them off becasue they sond different.......i mean hasnt anyone heard 'death at the chapel'?? its an amazing.. well the whole album is great...... you just cant skip a song.. you have to listen to it all the way through.... and plus the fact Noel Fielding likes them... and God is NEVER wrong!