December 1, 2005 9:30

Kooks head to Beatles’ studio The Kooks Tickets

Band invite fans to sessions taking place this week

The Kooks are set to record a unique live album at Abbey Road Studios.

The band will record an acoustic record at the London studio made famous by The Beatles. It will appear on limited edition vinyl accompanying the release of The Kooks' debut album, which is due out next year.

The sessions take place on December 2, and the band are giving a limited number of fans the opportunity to watch the session being recorded in Studio 2, more details of which can be found at Thekooks.co.uk

Meanwhile, the band have confirmed their biggest ever headlining tour for next year. As previously reported they play:

Southampton Joiners (Jan 24)
Birmingham Bar Academy (25)
Cambridge APU (26)
Bristol Louisiana (27)
Tunbridge Wells Forum (28)
Leeds Cockpit (30)
Nottingham Social (31)
Manchester Academy 3 (Feb 1)
Sheffield Fuzz Club (2)
Newcastle Academy(3)
Edinburgh Venue (5)
Glasgow King Tuts (6)
Hull Adelphi (7)
Liverpool Evol @ Korova (8)
Oxford Zodiac (10)
Norwich Arts Centre (11)
Brighton Concorde 2 (13)
London ULU (14)

For ticket availability, go to NME Tickets or call them on 0870 1 663 663.