Indie trio The Enemy announce split

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Coventry rock band The Enemy have confirmed they will split up at the end of their current tour.

The band, who consist of Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts, released their fourth album, It's Automatic, in October, but in a statement on Coventry nightclub, The Empire's Facebook page, frontman Clarke said the band were splitting, adding that "funding and releasing records just isn't possible without support and exposure from radio".

The three-piece enjoyed huge success in the late noughties, selling over a million records worldwide and hitting the top of the UK charts in 2007 with their debut album, We'll Live and Die in These Towns, from which their biggest hit was taken 'Away From Here' (watch below)

Second album, Music For The People, reached number two in the charts and they supported Oasis on the band's last tour in 2009. 

In an emotional letter, Clarke also thanked the fans, adding: "10 years, 4 albums, well over 1,000,000 record sales and uncountable sell out tours is not too shabby for an alternative indie band, but these numbers aren't what makes me proud personally, the fans are.

"They drove this band, they provided the fire for this decade long journey. I have always loved them and I always will.

"They've kept me going at times when I thought nothing else might.

"To all Enemy fans, I adore you."

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