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Girls Aloud tickets are flying out at the moment. With their tour next year selling out rapidly, they've added some new dates across the country to co
Coming up next May we've got cult NYC chamber-pop act Antony and the Johnsons making a rare appearance in the UK to play across the country. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 19th December.
Blur's one-off reformation has been so popular, it's no longer a one-off. With a second show added in Hyde Park, don't miss seeing one of the most popular bands of the past twenty years performing a very special show next summer.
There are so many great tours coming up that everyone's getting into adding extra dates, with Beyoncé adding another date at London's O2 Arena, and Nickelback adding a Sheffield date to their schedule.
Go easy on the mince pies, and have a great Christmas!
ON SALE NOW OR COMING SOON:
GIRLS ALOUD
Extra dates in London, Manchester and Sheffield on sale now – tickets also still available for their date with Coldplay at Wembley Stadium. Due to phenomenal public demand, extra dates have been added to the 2009 Girls Aloud Tour. To meet the demand the girls have added numerous arenas to their already hectic schedule. The 'Out of Control Tour' is the Girls' fourth Arena Tour. Their new 12-track album sees the girls continue to take pop music to places it's never been before. Six albums into their career they are trailblazers who have consistently raised the bar and changed what it means to be a girl band in the 21st century. "Out Of Control" is Girls Aloud's best album yet- a little bit wiser, maybe, but still up for a real good time.
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BLUR
Second date at Hyde Park on sale now. Graham Coxon will join Alex James, Dave Rowntree and Damon Albarn onstage for the first time since their Royal Festival Hall performance in 2000. Formed in Colchester in 1989, Blur have recorded seven studio albums and had a string of Top 10 singles including number 1 hits with "Country House" and "Beetlebum". Their last album, "Think Tank" was released in 2003.
BEYONCÉ
Extra date at the O2 on sale now. The most heavily anticipated concert of the year, Beyoncé's "I Am..." tour will mark the artist's first full-length concert since 2007's sold-out "The Beyoncé Experience" and will premiere live performances of songs from "I Am...Sasha Fierce", her latest international number one chart-topping album. An extra London date has been added.
ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS
Rare UK dates on sale Friday 19th December 9am. Antony and the Johnsons is a Mercury Prize-winning music act from New York City. The band is essentially a vehicle for English-Irish singer-songwriter Antony Hegarty. Antony and the Johnsons' third album, "The Crying Light", will be released in January next year. Antony has described the theme of the album as being "about landscape and the future".
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NICKELBACK
Sheffield date added and on sale now. Multi-million selling Canadians Nickelback have added a new date at Sheffield Arena on May 29th 2009 to their string of arena shows next year in support of their new album "Dark Horse". Nickelback has been a hit-making, multi-platinum concern whose last album, "All The Right Reasons" is one of the most successful of the century, and has stoked great expectations for the quartet's sixth album, an 11-track survey of everything the group has done so well to this point – fist-pumping anthems, grinding rockers, soaring power ballads, grinning innuendo, heart-wringing romanticism, choruses that stick in your ears after the first listen and hooks so big they practically boomerang through the songs.
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STATUS QUO
On sale Friday 19th December 9am. One of Britain's best loved bands has announced a South-East date for next summer. The legendary Status Quo will be appearing at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest, as part of the Forestry Commission's summer concert season. Status Quo has become a rock 'n 'roll institution. A prolific touring and recording act, this autumn has seen the release of "Pictures: 40 Years of Hits".
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JOOLS HOLLAND
On sale Friday 19th December 9am. Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra have become established as one of the most prolific touring artists in the UK, creating their own unique big band sound playing a mix of boogie-woogie, swing, jazz and R&B. Their latest album release, “The Informer", is a true showcase of the Rhythm and Blues Orchestra's musicianship reflecting the party atmosphere of their live shows. With a string of classic hits in the seventies, special guest Dave Edmunds is sure to bring some rock ‘n’ roll to the proceedings.
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LEVELLERS
Dates for April on sale now. Levellers have long been – and still are – one of the best live bands around. Levellers sold more platinum, gold, and silver albums in the 1990s than any other act. They have ridden waves of huge popularity and chasms of widespread mistrust. They have ignored fads, fashions and trends, and, in doing so, have existed alongside them. They still play with a passion and pride that, having seen off many of their early contemporaries, is setting a standard that many young pretenders find hard to match.
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HEATHER SMALL
Having scored ten Top Ten hits, won Brit Awards on more than one occasion and sold millions of albums across the globe as part of 90s dance act M People, Strictly Come Dancing contestant and soul singer Heather Small will be treating London to her powerful voice next March.
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EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
Birmingham and Bristol dates on sale Friday 19th December 9am. Eagles of Death Metal is the embodiment of all fuzzed-out, overdriven guitar rock to shake your booty to. Don't look for deeper meanings or avant-garde synthesizer tricks, because these Eagles are strictly business. The latest creation from the EODM, "Heart On" was unleashed in October. Jesse Hughes is known and somewhat loved by fans for his over-enthusiastic and charismatic interaction with audiences at live performances.
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AMERICA
America were an English-American folk rock band barely past their teenage years when they became an overnight musical sensation in 1972. Some of the band's best known songs are "A Horse with No Name", "Sister Golden Hair", "Ventura Highway", and "Tin Man". From anonymous horses to fast-moving trains, America's extraordinary four-decade musical legacy of consummately crafted pop/ rock songs, trademark lush harmonies and evocative lyrical landscapes will never go out of style.
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
The original 70s Belfast punks combine lyrics that weave the personal and the political. True to the punk formula with infectious hooks and bags of energy and angst and a delivery of commitment and honesty.
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SAXON
Saxon is a British heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Yorkshire. As leading lights in the new wave of British heavy metal they had a brief period of UK Top 40 success in the early 1980s, and also tasted success in Europe and Japan. They still tour heavily and regularly. They release their latest album, "Into The Labyrinth", in January.
ELECTRIC SIX
This six-piece band from Detroit fuses rock and punk with the laid-back funky rhythms and falsetto vocals of disco, and a distinctly comic touch. Electric Six consider themselves to be your standard rock 'n' roll band.
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ERIC BENET
Two dates at The Jazz Café. Eric Benet is on top of the world these days. The R&B soul singer/ songwriter/ producer is sounding strong, romantic and full of joy on his aptly titled third solo effort, "Love & Life". Enjoy a night in his company in London next March.
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FRIGHTENED RABBIT
Though the past year has seen Frightened Rabbit finally stepped into public view, with more extensive touring and some recordings now publicly available, the past few years have largely been about the band quietly honing their sound and cultivating their art. In April 2008, the indie rock band released their second full length: "The Midnight Organ Fight".
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THE REAL McKENZIES
If you like The Pogues, you'll love The Real McKenzies! Hailing from Vancouver, this Canadian-Scottish punk band have achieved legendary status with their highly regarded live shows that have been known to leave large audiences choking on their own dry mouths. They just want to have fun – come along and have fun with them!
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Please go to the Gigantic website here to view the selection of the gigs we have coming up and full listings. Gigantic is proud to be an official partner of Oxfam, to whom we donate 10% of our booking fees
