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Crystal Castles to headline Topman NME New Noise Tour

Plus Friendly Fires, Team Waterpolo, White Lies for May jaunt

Crystal Castles have been announced as the headliners of the forthcoming Topman NME New Noise Tour 2008.

Friendly Fires, Team Waterpolo and White Lies complete the bill for the tour, which begins at Oxford Carling Academy on May 2.

The tour, which showcases four bands tipped for the top by NME, calls at venues including London's Mean Fiddler, before its climax on May 15 at Stoke Sugarmill.

The Topman NME New Noise Tour will call at:

Oxford Carling Academy (May 2)
Bristol Thekla (3)
Norwich Waterfront (4)
Brighton Concorde 2 (5)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (6)
Birmingham Carling Academy 2 (8)
Glasgow Arches (10)
Newcastle Carling Academy 2 (11)
Manchester Academy 2 (12)
London Mean Fiddler (14)
Stoke Sugarmill (15)


Tickets go on sale exclusively through NME.COM tomorrow (March 11) at 9am (GMT).

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

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all_in_my_head 

Mar 10, 2008

Crystal Castles should be banned, not promoted on an NME tour. A guy hits keys. A girl jumps up and down and screams. Possibility of something new and interesting there, I'll admit...but no. It's just noise, and crap noise at that.

croquet 

Mar 11, 2008

Great to see Friendly Fires included in this tour. I've seen them play live twice and they have been fantastic and inovative on both occasions.

j_wilson90 

Mar 11, 2008

good to see white lies on the bill. they are an awesome band with great anthems. they deserve to be one of the top bands of this year.

wendydarlin 

Mar 11, 2008

This made my day, love Crystal Castles live. One of the best lives acts i've seen. And I must say, it's not 'crap noise'.

upthebrackett! 

Mar 12, 2008

Great line-up! Looking forward to Team Waterpolo, saw them with Joe Lean In January and they completely blew the Jing Jang Jong off the stage. White Lies should be interesting too.

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