For all those folks who find the Coopers' non-danceable tracks too noizy, all those girls who swoon over Tim Burgess, and boys who long for the Verve to reform; well wait no more, cos The Boxer Rebellion are here. Their debut single 'Watermelon' is out on Alan McGee's Poptones label on October 6th.
Anyhoo, don't take our word for 'em being great, check 'em out for yourselves at the following dates...
AUGUST
28th London Metro
SEPTEMBER
9th London Barfly
18th Coventry Colosseum
19th Leicester Sumo
20th Whitehaven Civic Hall
21st Liverpool Barfly
23rd Cambridge Boatrace
24th Sheffield Casbah
25th Colchester Soundhaus
26th Cardiff Barfly
28th Newcastle Cluny
29th Hull Adelphi
30th Glasgow King Tuts
OCTOBER
1st Aberdeen Lava
3rd Wolverhampton Little Civic
4th Tunbridge Wells Forum
5th Brighton Pressure Point
7th Bristol Louisiana
8th London Metro
9th Northampton Soundhaus
10th Aldershot West End Centre
DiScuss: Is 'indie' officially back? Any idea who's supporting on any of these dates?