The View announce FREE Download!+ Confirm intimate summer headline tour ahead of the July 2nd release of 4th album CHEEKY FOR A REASONA free download of ‘Hold On Now’ from the forthcoming album ‘Cheeky For A Reason’ from The View will be available to download from the bands website from 10 am (UK Time) Tuesday 15th May. For 1 week only – until 22nd May 2012 at 10am. Get it now! http://www.theviewareonfire.com The View issue their fourth album, entitled “Cheeky For A Reason” on July 2nd. The album is the band’s fourth after the Mercury-nominated #1 debut ‘Hats Off To The Buskers’, the Top 10 follow-up ‘Which Bitch’ and 2011’s Top 20 ‘Bread & Circuses’, and is currently being recorded at Liverpool’s Motor Museum Studios with producer Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight, Foals). Early track titles that are vying for inclusion on the album include ’Bunker’, ‘The Clock Has No Sympathy’,’ Anfield Row’ ‘How Long’ and ‘AB’. When asked to describe the album, lead singer/guitarist Kyle Falconer said “its Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours done by The Clash”. ‘Cheeky For A Reason’ will be released by the bands new label Cooking Vinyl on Monday 2nd July and pre-ceded by a single on 25th June. The self-penned album includes three songs written by Kyle & Kieren with writer/producer and unofficial 5th member of Kings Of Leon – Angelo Petraglia. The Scottish quartet will preview the album’s release by embarking upon an intimate tour in June & July. The tour is their first full UK trek in over a year, having concluded 2011 with a run of dates across Scotland. The full itinerary runs as below, with a further full UK tour to follow later in the year: June 9th – Inverness, Rockness 10th – Stockton, Ku Bar 12th – Leeds, Cockpit 13th – Hull, The Welly 14th – York, The Duchess 16th – Sheffield, Leadmill 17th – Liverpool, O2 Academy 18th – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms 19th – Cardiff, Cardiff University 20th – Bristol, Fleece 22nd – Northampton, Roadmender 23rd – Oxford, O2 Academy 2 24th – Brighton, Concorde 2 25th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 26th – London, Koko 28th – Cambridge, Junction 29th – Wolverhampton, Wulfren Hall July 7th – Cleethorpes, Pleasure Island 8th – Doncaster, The Dome 9th – Manchester, The Ritz 10th – Newcastle, O2 Academy 2 12th – Glasgow, O2 Academy Tickets go on general sale now and are priced at £16.50 in advance for London and Scotland and £14 in advance for all other venues www.theviewareonfire.com / www.facebook.com/view twitter.com/viewofficial May 15, 2012 5:15am ET by Good Seed PR |