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Gigs & Festivals
NME Awards 2011 tour line-up and dates announced
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 11 November 2010
Crystal Castles, Magnetic Man, Everything Everything and The Vaccines have been announced as the line-up for next year’s NME Awards Tour, which will make its way around the UK in February. Interestingly, it sees the tour take a more electronic turn than in previous years.
Announcing the line up, NME editor Krissi Murison said: “This is the most diverse and exciting NME Awards Tour line-up yet and really reflects the range of music that NME champions every week. From the UK’s best new guitar band to dubstep’s first supergroup, it represents the most cutting edge sounds of 2010 and beyond”.
I’m not sure I’d necessarily call Everything Everything “the UK’s best new guitar band”, but I like the way she skirted around the fact that The Vaccines are on there.
Magnetic Man’s Skream told CMU: “I think it’s gonna work. It’s kind of a sign of the times. You go to a club night now and you no longer have one-genre crowds, it’s better for everyone and makes it more exciting”.
Tour dates:
3 Feb: Glasgow, Academy
4 Feb: Manchester, Academy
7 Feb: Newcastle, Academy
8 Feb: Nottingham, Rock City
9 Feb: Leeds, Academy
11 Feb: Norwich, UEA
12 Feb: Birmingham, Academy
13 Feb: Cardiff, University Great Hall
15 Feb: Bristol, Academy
16 Feb: Bournemouth, Academy
17 Feb: Brighton, Dome
19 Feb: London, Brixton Academy
