Mark Linkous is to tour the UK in September and October in support of the release of Sparklehorse's first album for five years, Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain, due on September 25.
Dates as follows...
September
26 Norwich Waterfront
27 Bristol Fleece
28 London Hammersmith Working Mens Club
29 Oxford Zodiac
30 Reading Fez
October
1 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
3 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
4 Glasgow King Tuts
5 Aberdeen Moshulu
6 Leeds Cockpit
8 Sheffield Leadmill
9 Brighton Old Market
10 Newcastle Academy
11 Birmingham Gee Club
12 Liverpool Stanley Theatre
19 Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
20 Manchester Royal Northern College Of Music
Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain was recorded by Linkous in North Carolina; his/Sparklehorse's last album, It's A Wonderful Life, was released back in 2001. Guests/contributors on the new album include Tom Waits, Stephen Drozd and Dangermouse. A song from it, 'Don't Take My Sunshine Away', can be heard on MySpace.