music so life-affirming, so joyous, so absurdly anthemic that it turns innocent bystanders into strutting 270 foot rock messiahs NMELike a comet, The Twang are about to collide with 2007 ZOOOut May 21st The Twang follow their debut Top 15 single, Wide Awake with a new single in May. Either Way will be familiar to those who saw them on their recent, 27 date, sold out tour. It was also one of the tracks in demo form on the bands MySpace that first brought them to public attention at the close of 2006.2007 has already been a phenomenal year for the five lads from Quinton. With a newly signed record deal with B-Unique in place, the band recorded their debut album (due in June) with long time collaborator Gavin Monaghan and mixer Mark Spike Stent. During that debut sell out tour, the band collected the Philip Hall Radar Award at the NME Awards and heard their single on Radio One, Radio Two, Capital Radio, Xfm and a host of other stations whilst their faces gazed back at them from a clutch of magazines and newspapers, all heralding The Twang as Britains Best New Band (NME). Either Way is released across three physical formats with new and exclusive B-sides as follows:
The Twang embarked on their first tour of Ireland in April before returning to the UK mainland in May for a second tour. Many dates are already sold out, check www.thetwang.co.uk for up to date ticket information. The band also play various festivals through the summer with dates at Glastonbury, Wireless and Reading and Leeds Festivals already confirmed.
Those May dates in full:
Tues 8th May Cardiff The Point
Wed 9th May Brighton Concorde 2
Thurs 10th May Nottingham Trent University
Fri 11th May Cambridge Junction
Sun 13th May Carling Academy 1 & 2 Liverpool
Mon 14th May Leeds Met. University
Tues 15th May Newcastle University
Wed 16th May Aberdeen Moshulu
Thurs17th May Glasgow QMU
Sun 20th May Portsmouth Wedgewood
Sun 20th May Sheffield Leadmill
Mon 21st May Manchester Academy 2
Tues 22nd May Wolverhampton Wulfren Hall
Thurs 24th May Norwich Waterfront
Sat 26th May Birmingham Sanctuary
Mon 28th May Portsmouth Pyramid Centre
Tues 29th May Exeter Lemon Grove
Wed 30th May Bristol Bierkeller
Thurs 31st May London Astoria
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