Alt-J add new London date
Not only have alt-j created one of our favourite albums of the year so far but they also sold out their November 5th show at Camden's Electric Ballroom in a matter of hours. Demand was so high for those ticket that the band have now announced details of their biggest headline show to date.
The foursome will now play a one off show at the Shepherds Bush Empire on January 19th with tickets going on sale via the bands official site today (11th July) as well as tickets for the remainder of their November tour, listed below.
The band also release one of the stand out tracks from their debut album An Awesome Wave next week, 'Tessellate' is out 16th July.
- 11 July Somerset House, London (supporting Temper Trap)
- 13 July Latitude Festival
- 20 July Tramlines, Sheffield
- 19 August Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons
- 24 August Reading Festival
- 25 August Leeds Festival
- 1 September End of The Road, Dorset
- 1 September In The Woods, Kent
- 4 September Mallorca Rocks
- 5 September Ibiza Rocks
- 07 September Bestival, Isle of Wight
- 27 October RNCM, Manchester (matinee)
- 27 October RNCM, Manchester (evening) SOLD OUT
- 28 October Cockpit, Leeds
- 29 October Oran Mor, Glasgow
- 30 October Waterfront, Norwich
- 31 October Academy 2, Birmingham
- 2 November Academy, Oxford
- 3 November Trinity, Bristol
- 4 November Concorde, Brighton
- 5 November Electric Ballroom, London SOLD OUT
- 19 January Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
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