The View Confirm Intimate Summer Headline Tour & Details Of New Album 'Cheeky For A Reason'
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
The View will release their fourth album, entitled 'Cheeky For A Reason' on July 2nd. The album is the band’s fourth after the Mercury-nominated Number One debut ‘Hats Off To The Buskers’, the Top Ten follow-up ‘Which Bitch’ and 2011’s Top Twenty ‘Bread & Circuses’, and is currently being recorded at Liverpool’s Motor Museum Studios with producer Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight, Foals). Tickets for The View are onsale this Friday at 9am.
Early track titles that are vying for inclusion on the album include ’Bunker’, ‘The Clock Has No Sympathy’,’ Anfield Row’ ‘How Long’ and ‘AB’.
When asked to describe the album, lead singer/guitarist Kyle Falconer said: “its Fleetwood Mac’s 'Rumours' done by The Clash”.
‘Cheeky For A Reason’ will be released by the bands new label Cooking Vinyl on Monday 2nd July and pre-ceded by a single on 25th June. The self penned album includes three songs written by Kyle and Kieren with writer/producer and unofficial fifth member of Kings Of Leon – Angelo Petraglia.
The Scottish quartet will preview the album’s release by embarking upon an intimate tour in June and July. The tour is their first full UK trek in over a year, having concluded 2011 with a run of dates across Scotland.
June 9th – Inverness, Rockness
June 10th – Stockton, Ku Bar
June 12th – Leeds, Cockpit
June 13th – Hull, The Welly
June 14th – York, The Duchess
June 16th – Sheffield, Leadmill
June 17th – Liverpool, O2 Academy
June 18th – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
June 19th – Cardiff, Cardiff University
June 20th – Bristol, Fleece
June 22nd – Northampton, Roadmender
June 23rd – Oxford, O2 Academy
June 24th – Brighton, Concorde
June 25th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
June 26th – London, Koko
June 28th – Cambridge, Junction
June 29th – Wolverhampton, Wulfren Hall
July 7th – Cleethorpes, Pleasure Island
July 8th – Doncaster, The Dome
July 9th – Manchester, The Ritz
July 10th – Newcastle, O2 Academy
July 12th – Glasgow, O2 Academy
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