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Seconds Out! With the festival season coming on quicker than Frank Carter at a two-for-one sale at Mr Tattoo, British pop looks set for its biggest gender stand-off since the great NME/Huggy Bear bust up of 1993 (ask your dad).

In the Mockney corner, a vowel-scrambling tag-team of Winehouse, Allen and Nash, each with enough bloke-related grievances to hold their own at a Beth Ditto sleepover.

From the provinces, Kyle ‘Same Jeans’ View, Mince Fratelli and Tom from The Enemy – all adamant that the path to relationship nirvana comes via beer and soiled clothing.

So thank the stars that the might of the Midlands have combined to avert potential Asbo–related pop bloodshed. “I used to think every night alone was a soirée wasted/ Until me and you got heartily wasted/And lay in the daisies” croons Mike Skinner, who’s clearly inspired to greatness by Pete Doherty’s genius take on The Streets’ ‘Prangin’ Out’. “I feel so much better today/Chase the bad things away” bellows Martin Saunders in response, final proof that lager consumption is good for music. Meanwhile, the central guitar riff from ‘Either Way’ throbs away, Phil Etheridge yells, “I loov ya!” and the perfect soundtrack to a frazzled summer fizzes through NME Towers. A Brum Rush. Fantasy Stone Island. An estate of mind.

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Date/Time	Venue	Town/City	Seetickets	Viagogo
Feb 24, 2012 20:30	The Brickyard	Carlisle	Buy The Twang Tickets from £13	Buy The Twang Tickets
Feb 25, 2012 19:00	Oran Mor	Glasgow	Tickets not currently available.	Buy The Twang Tickets from £67
Mar 02, 2012 19:30	Fruit	Hull	Buy The Twang Tickets from £14	Buy The Twang Tickets
Mar 03, 2012 19:30	Club Academy	Manchester	Buy The Twang Tickets	Buy The Twang Tickets
Mar 03, 2012 19:30	Manchester Club Academy	Manchester	Tickets not currently available.	Buy The Twang Tickets from £67
Mar 09, 2012 19:30	Dcas	Chesterfield	Buy The Twang Tickets from £13	Buy The Twang Tickets
Mar 09, 2012 20:30	The Battery	Chesterfield	Buy The Twang Tickets from £13	Buy The Twang Tickets
Mar 10, 2012 20:00	Derby University	Derby	Buy The Twang Tickets from £17	Buy The Twang Tickets
Mar 23, 2012 20:00	The Box	Crewe	Buy The Twang Tickets from £13	Buy The Twang Tickets
Mar 24, 2012 19:00	Sin City	Swansea	Buy The Twang Tickets from £13	Buy The Twang Tickets
Mar 30, 2012 18:30	O2 Academy Islington	London	Tickets not currently available.	Buy The Twang Tickets from £67
Mar 30, 2012 19:00	O2 Academy Islington	London	Buy The Twang Tickets from £16	Buy The Twang Tickets
Mar 31, 2012 19:30	Brighton Concorde 2	Brighton	Tickets not currently available.	Buy The Twang Tickets from £67
Mar 31, 2012 20:00	Concorde 2	Brighton	Buy The Twang Tickets from £14	Buy The Twang Tickets