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Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Foals for MTV2 Gonzo tour

Pic: PA Photos

Pic: PA Photos

Plus Glasvegas, Automatic, Late Of The Pier set for jaunt

Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Foals and Glasvegas are among the bands set to play on the forthcoming MTV2 Gonzo tour, which is set to kick off next month.

The Automatic, Late Of The Pier, Mystery Jets and Friendly Fires will also play a date each on the tour, which consists of gigs in six UK cities.

Footage from the shows will be broadcast on MTV2 from November 17.

Tickets for the dates go on sale on Friday (September 12).

The MTV2 Gonzo tour 2008 dates are:

The Automatic and Iglu And Hartly - Liverpool Barfly (October 10)
Mystery Jets, Noah And The Whale - Birmingham Barfly (11)
Kaiser Chiefs and Late Of The Pier - London ULU (12)
Foals, Esser - York Fibbers (17)
Glasvegas, Friendly Fires - Aberdeen Moshulu (18)
Bloc Party, Magistrates - Glasgow Barfly (19)


To check the availability of MTV2 Gonzo tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

Bloc Party tickets:

Comments (4)

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Grimbo 

Sep 9, 2008

omg, bloc party at the barfly would fucking rock!

SteelersFan_UK06 

Sep 10, 2008

going to Bloc Party!! Babyshambles and now Bloc Party - Consistently good line-ups in Glasgow for the Gonzo tour!

emmascientist 

Sep 14, 2008

got my tickets for kaisers and late of the pier! brilliant lineup this year, i would have gone to all of them.. except the automatic.

underclasshero 

Oct 17, 2008

Bloc Party and The Automatic are the only decent bands on that line-up.Kaiser Chiefs would be if their new single wasn't complete and utter WANK.

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