Having won most of the big awards at last year's New Zealand Music Awards, as well as being awarded the title of 'Album of the Year 2005' by listeners to Gilles Peterson's Worldwide show on Radio 1, you possibly ought to take time to check out seven-piece Kiwi band Fat Freddy's Drop and, hurrah, here's your chance. The band play the following UK dates, press info from Trailer.
24 May: Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
26 May: Manchester The Academy 2
27 May: Bristol The Academy Live (support: Bugz In the Attic)
30 May: Leeds Met Uni (support: Stateless)
1 Jun: Birmingham The Academy (support: Trojan Sound System)
2 Jun: London Brixton Academy Live (support: Breaks Co-Op, DJs: Trojan Sound System, DJ Derek, Son Of Dave, Digital Mystikz)
4 Jun: The Garden Party Ballinlough Castle Athboy, County Meath, Ireland