Electrelane and Wolf on Fire in the Arcade: entertainment hits new heights

Arcade Fire's sold-out March tour of Europe has just got even better, with Patrick Wolf and Electrelane being confirmed as support acts.

The mercurial singer-songwriter will play dates in Dublin, Manchester and Glasgow, as well as the band's first two nights at the Brixton Academy, before Electrelane take over for the remainder of the tour.

Here are the full details:

March
5 + 6 Dublin Olympia *
8 + 9 Manchester Apollo *
11 + 12 Glasgow Barrowlands *
14 + 15 London Brixton Academy *
16 + 17 London Brixton Academy #
19 + 20 Paris Olympia #
23 Stockholm Circus #
24 Oslo Centrum Scene #
25 Copenhagen Vega #
27 Berlin Postbanhof #
28 Munich Elserhalle #
31 Lyon Transbordeur #

April
1 Cologne E-Live Music Hall #
2 Utrecht Vredenburg #
4 Brussels Halles de Schaerbeek #
5 Lille Aeeronef #

* = with Patrick Wolf
# = with Electrelane

As reported previously, Electrelane will play their own headline dates in support of their fourth album in Spring. They will also release a single from it - 'To The East' - on March 12th.

If like me you haven't got tickets then 'Boohoo!'. If you have then, I dunno, 'Woohoo!' or something. You smug, much?