Hawkwind announce new tour and album

Legendary space rockers Hawkwind will embark on a major UK tour in December 2010 in support of their new studio album Blood of the Earth.

The nationwide tour consists of 13 dates. Tickets are priced at £20, are available from the National Credit Card Hotline 0871 2301101 or can be ordered from www.seetickets.com. The tour kicks off at the Holmfirth Picturedome on Friday December 3rd. Support for all dates comes from UK rockers The Jokers.

In addition to the UK tour, Hawkwind will appear at HAWKFEST 2010 next month, which returns to Afton Farm on the Isle Of White. Curated by the members of Hawkwind, Hawkfest takes place between August 27th and 29th. Hawkfest originally came about after the breakdown of the free festival movement in the mid to late 1980's. The band felt that major festivals had lost what made them great. Gone was the intimate, carnival atmosphere and the colourful characters, only to be replaced with huge-scale commercialism.

Wanting to get back to the roots of what made festivals so enjoyable, Hawkwind constructed a family friendly event where children could play and explore, whilst parents watched great music, safe in the knowledge that the kids would be safe. Tickets are priced at £70, for further info visit www.hawkfest.com.

Hawkwind Tour Dates:
Friday 3rd December - Holmfirth Picturedrome
Saturday 4th December - Glasgow O2 ABC
Sunday 5th December - Newcastle O2 Academy
Monday 6th December - Lincoln Engine Shed
Wednesday 8th December - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Thursday 9th December - Worthing Assembly
Friday 10th December - Liverpool O2 Academy
Saturday 11th December - Manchester Academy
Sunday 12th December - Salisbury City Hall
Tuesday 14th December - Bristol O2 Academy
Wednesday 15th December - Bedford Corn Exchange
Thursday 16th December - Oxford 02 Academy
Friday 17th December - London HMV Forum