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Spector Announce Free Gig
Indie | Wednesday 29th August 2012 | Osh
The five piece from London will provide a free performance to coincide with the opening of the London 2012 Paralympics games.
The free gig will take place at 7.15pm in Trafalgar Square as part of the BT London Live Series. As well as the show, a screen will be erected showing the opening ceremony live from the Olympic Park inside the Square.
The band have just returned from a supporting slot on Florence and the Machines March 2012 tour after rising to prominence after an appearance on Later...with Jools Holland in November 2011.
The performance marks the start of a massive UK tour to promote and support the band’s recently released debut album Enjoy It While It Lasts, beginning in Scotland and scouring the country before ending back at the band’s hometown with a performance at the Shepherds Bush Empire.
Tour details are listed below:
Glasgow Oran Mor (October 11)
Aberdeen Tunnels (12)
Dundee Doghouse (13)
Carlisle Brickyard (14)
O2 Academy Liverpool (16)
Preston 53 Degrees (17)
Sheffield Leadmill (18)
Leeds University (19)
Brighton Concorde 2 (25)
Reading Sub 89 (26)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (27)
Norwich Waterfront (28)
Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (29)
O2 Academy Newcastle 2 (31)
O2 Academy Leicester 2 (November 1)
Manchester HMV Ritz (2)
Stoke Sugarmill (3)
York Duchess (5)
Darlington Hub (6)
Birmingham HMV Library (7)
Gloucester Guildhall (8)
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire London (10)
Details taken from: http://www.nme.com/news/spector/65792
By Joe Longhurst
