Goo Goo Dolls will be making a welcome return to the UK in October.  In their first visit since 2010, the band has just announced a string of dates kicking off in Nottingham on 15th October 2013.  Tickets go on sale on Friday 31st May at 9am via www.gigsandtours.com/tour/GOO-GOO-DOLLS .

The band are set to release their  tenth album ‘Magnetic’  on June 10th,  (“Every chorus sticks like glue” Q) a collection of  11 new songs  which  John Rzeznik, Robby Takac and drummer Mike Malinin - a lineup steady since 1995 -  recorded with Gregg Wattenberg (Train), Rob Cavallo (Green Day), John Shanks (Bon Jovi) and Greg Wells (Katy Perry). From the celebratory single “Rebel Beat” to the love-rediscovered ballad “Slow It Down,” the blue-collar anthem “Keep the Car Running” to the meltingly romantic “Come to Me,” ‘Magnetic’ is an album bursting with a spirit of renewal.

The dates are:

OCTOBER  2013                                    

Tues 15                 Nottingham Rock City                

Wed 16                 Manchester Academy         

Thurs 17               Glasgow Academy                

Sat 19                    Newcastle Academy            

Sun 20                   Leeds Academy                      

Mon 21                 Norwich UEA                           

Wed 23                 Birmingham Institute            

Thur 25                 Hammersmith Apollo

Tickets are £24 , except for  London which are £26.50. Doors are 7pm.

Available from:  www.gigsandtours.com/tour/GOO-GOO-DOLLS

Goo Goo Dolls have a long history, when the band started they were a post-hardcore/thrash band, ripped jeans, baseball cap backwards, guitars slung low.  There is no better example of post-punk perfection than Ain’t That Unusual.  Then in 1998, came ‘Iris’, arguably one of the biggest songs of all time, and things would never be the same for them again.  It brought them to a whole new audience - the album from which it came, Dizzy Up the Girl, has now sold over 5 million copies worldwide.  Recently, three of the band’s songs were placed in Billboard’s Top 100 songs of 2002-12, with “Iris” standing at No.1.  It recently re-entered the UK charts at No.3, where it has been a permanent feature in the top 200 for the past two years.

Watch the video for ‘Rebel Beat’ below.

For more info call Kas Mercer on 0208 354 4111 or email kas@mercenarypublicity.com.  Download photos/artwork here: http://bit.ly/Mklp30

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