PORCUPINE TREE
MORE DECEMBER SHOWS
NOMINATED FOR BEST ALBUM
Roadrunner Records can now confirm that PORCUPINE TREE have added five shows in December, making their
Scuzz-sponsored headline tour a total of seven dates.
The full list is as follows:
November 8th – Oxford Academy
November 9th – London Kentish Town Forum
December 7th - Norwich UEA
December 8th - Manchester Academy
December 9th - Leeds Metropolitan University
December 10th - Nottingham Rock City
December 12th - Glasgow Barrowlands
Tickets are on sale now for the November shows. The December dates will go on sale to the general public on Monday, also priced £17.50 (£18.50 for London). Support on all dates will come from Anathema.
In other news, Porcupine Tree have been nominated for Best Album for ‘Fear Of A Blank Planet’ at the Classic Rock Awards, due to be held in London on November 5. The other nominees include ‘Shrunken Heads’ by Ian Hunter, Buck Cherry’s ‘15’, ‘Snakes & Arrows’ by Rush, ‘Libertad’ by Velvet Revolver, and ‘Endless Wire’ from The Who. Fans can cast their vote at:
http://competition.futurenet.com/classicrock/.
The band are also set to release a special 29-minute EP ‘Nil Recurring’ on September 17 via their Transmission label. Limited to just 5000 copies, the EP comes in an exclusive fold-out digipack containing 4 tracks written during the ‘Fear Of A Blank Planet’ sessions. The title track is an instrumental featuring Robert Fripp (King Crimson) on lead guitar. Preorders are being taken exclusively via the band’s website at
www.porcupinetree.com, priced £7.