Archive for March, 2010

Green Man Festival

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Doves will be headlining the Green Man Festival in Wales on Friday August 20th. Tickets are on sale now, get them at www.greenman.net

Jimi recently spoke The Big Issue In The North. Pick up your copy today (doves are on the cover) to read Jimi’s thoughts on doves career so far and what the future holds for the band.

Jodrell Bank Session

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Today the band were at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire recording a couple acoustic tracks for the Observer newspaper. The video & interview with Luke Bainbridge will be up on the Observer website early April. We will let you know as soon as they are up.

The band are now spending time in the rehearsal room preparing for the upcoming tour. Andy let slip over at the forum that they are rehearsing some old songs they haven’t played for awhile. Andy also rubbished claims that appeared in a news article yesterday that doves are calling it quits. Head over to the forum to read what Andy had to say, feel free to add your own thoughts.

To view the picture in full size, head over to the site gallery.

UK Tour Support

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

We can confirm that Cherry Ghost will provide the support for the UK tour starting in Hull April 28th apart from Folkestone.

Check out Cherry Ghost at myspace.

Tickets On Sale Today

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Tickets for our UK tour go on sale today. You can get them from 9am at www.gigsandtours.com using this link or the 24hr cc hotline 0871 2200 260.

Tour Dates

28th April – Hull City Hall, Hull

29th April – De Montfort Hall , Leciester

1st May – O2 Academy, Glasgow

2nd May – King George’s Hall, Blackburn

4th May – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

5th May – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

6th May – Troxy, London

8th May – Liverpool University, Liverpool

9th May – St Georges Hall, Bradford

US Album Release News

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Heavenly/Astralwerks will release The Places Between: The Best of Doves on the 20th April in North America. Pre Order the album here. The brilliant new single ‘Andalucía’ will be released on the 6th April.

UK Tour Announcement

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

To celebrate our forthcoming best of collection we will be playing a few very special shows during April and May.
Tickets for the shows go on sale 9am Friday March 19th at www.gigsandtours.com /24hr cc hotline 0871 2200 260

We will play the following:
28th April – Hull City Hall, Hull – 01482 226 655

29th April  – De Montfort Hall , Leciester – 0116 233 3111

1st May – O2 Academy, Glasgow

2nd May – King George’s Hall, Blackburn – 01254 582 582

4th May – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

5th May – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 0870 320 7000

6th May – Troxy, London

8th May – Liverpool University, Liverpool -0151 256 5555

9th May – St Georges Hall, Bradford – 01274 432 000

6 Music

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Hello ,
Been meaning to say hi and talk about this and that but right now feeling rather bummed out by the proposed BBC cuts.
Save BBC 6 and the Asian network !Facebilge , Twatter and numerous other petitions online , choose your poison  …..Make your voice heard though. Huh ?

Jimi x

http://www.petition.fm/petitions/6musicasiannet/0/1/

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_bbc/?vl

http://38degrees.org.uk/stop-the-BBC-cuts

http://bit.ly/bbc6music

Return To Eden

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Doves will be making a return to Cornwall’s Eden Project this summer to play the Eden Sessions with Mumford & Sons. The date being July 2nd, with tickets priced £35 + fees going on sale next Tuedsay March 9th at 6pm from edensessions.com