aaamusic | On 05, Feb 2012

Ben Howard kicks off his huge UK tour on Monday week with a homecoming show in Truro (13th Feb) before heading out on a run of sold-out dates that includes two back-to-back nights at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

On Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show, Ben (and his band) performed a brand new track in the form of ‘Oats in the Water’. Clocking in at 5 minutes, it finds Ben on electric guitar and seems a natural companion to the brooding ‘Black Flies’ – one of the stand-out tracks from his debut album ‘Every Kingdom’.

You can currently give it a listen/watch the session video here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nsr4g

Ben releases his new single ‘The Wolves’ on the 27th February via Island Records.

The full list of UK tour dates are as follows:

13th February – Truro, Hall For Cornwall (SOLD OUT)
14th February – Portsmouth, Pyramids (SOLD OUT)
15th February – Brighton, Concorde 2 (SOLD OUT)
17th February – Manchester, Ritz (SOLD OUT)
18th February – Edinburgh, Queens Hall (SOLD OUT)
19th February – Glasgow, ABC (SOLD OUT)
20th February – Newcastle, Northumbria University (SOLD OUT)
22nd February – Norwich, UEA (SOLD OUT)
23rd February – London, Shepherds Bush Empire (SOLD OUT)
24th February – London, Shepherds Bush Empire (SOLD OUT)
25th February – Oxford, Academy (SOLD OUT)
27th February – Leeds, MET (SOLD OUT)
28th February – Birmingham, HMV Institute (SOLD OUT)
29th February – Bristol, Academy (SOLD OUT)

Support on all dates comes from Daughter.