Jazz-rock oddballs Black Country, New Road have announced a slew of UK dates as part of their European tour. Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10am on Thursday 7 April. 

The band wrote on Twitter, 'We’re incredibly pleased to announce our touring dates for 2022. We’re looking forward to sharing what we’ve been working on with you. The six of us will be performing a set of brand new music. We will not be performing any music from 'Ftft' or 'Afut'’

‘Although the majority of our performances will be at festivals, we’ve arranged a short run of smaller shows around the UK in May to debut and road-test this new material. We hope to see as many of you as we can over the summer.’

The band will perform in small venues across the country, starting at Patterns in Brighton on Thursday 19 May, then Pink Room in Manchester on Friday 20 May, Strange Brew in Bristol on Saturday 21 May, and King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow on Monday 23 May.

Thursday 19 May – Patterns, Brighton 

Friday 20 May – Pink Room, Manchester

Saturday 21 May – Strange Brew, Bristol 

Monday 23 May – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow