NEWS - 01/06/2010

Villagers - 'Ship Of Promises'

New single and Glastonbury, Oxegen and Latitude dates.

'Ship Of Promises' is to be the second single taken from Villagers’ debut album, 'Becoming a Jackal'.

With its layered strings, bounding drumbeat, changing tempo and rare lyrical beauty, 'Ship of Promises' draws you in and simply won’t let go.

'Ship of Promises' will be available on 7” and via digital download from 2nd August 2010.

Villagers will be performing at many festivals over the Summer including Glastonbury, Oxegen and Latitude. Full live dates are as follows:

2 June Bush Hall, London

15 June Meltdown Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

25 June Harmonic Festival, The Marquee, Cork, Ireland

27 June Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Somerset (Park Stage at 12.30)

3 July Hop Farm Festival

9 July Oxegen Festival, Kildare, Ireland

10 July Somerset House, London with Noah and The Whale

16 July Latitude Festival, Word Stage, Southwold

4 Sep Electric Picnic Festival, Ireland

Badly Drawn Boy ~ ‘It’s What I’m Thinking’ and ‘Part 1 – Photographing Snowflakes’ ::  Max Sedgley ~ 'Suddenly Everything' ~ 'Sound Boy' releases. ::  I Am Kloot ~ Autumn Tour dates ::  Various Unknown Artists ~ We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie ::  Feeder ~ Renegades ::  Twilight Sad ~ ‘The Wrong Car’ EP ::  Frightened Rabbit ~ November and December Tour Dates ::  Clinic ~ 'Bubblegum' ~ New album ::  Gorillaz ~ 'On Melancholy Hill' ::  Tom Jones ~ 'Praise & Blame' new album ::  The Count & Sinden ~ 'Mega Mega Mega' ~ debut album ::  Corinne Bailey Rae ~ North American tour dates ::  Mark Ronson ~ 'Bang Bang Bang' ~ new single ::  Herbalizer ~ ‘Herbal Tonic – Best of Album’ ::  Villagers ~ 'Ship Of Promises' ::  Suzanne Vega ~ ’Close-Up Vol 1, Love Songs’ ~ UK Tour ::  Wild Beasts ~ July Roundhouse date ~ iTunes festival ::  Jónsi ~ Tour dates in September ::  Gorillaz ~ Escape To Plastic Beach Tour Dates ::  Frightened Rabbit ~ 'Living In Colour' ::  Eli Paperboy Reed ~ 'Come and Get It' new album ::  Wild Palms ~ 'Deep Dive' ::  Blur ~ Fool's Day - new single - Record Shop Day ::  Jónsi ~ 'Go Do' and 'Go' Releases ::  Angus and Julia Stone ~ 'Down The Way album - UK Tour ::  She and Him ~ In The Sun and Volume Two releases ::  Chemical Brothers ~ London Roundhouse and Sonar Festival ::  Eliza Doolittle ~ Debut single 'Skinny Genes' ::  Hidden Cameras ~ ‘Underage' / 'Origin: Orphan’ ::  Chapel Club ~ 'O Maybe I' new single ::  Lou Rhodes ~ 'One Good Thing' album released in March 2010 ::  Lightning Seeds ~ Tour dates - April 2010 ::  Frightened Rabbit ~ ‘Nothing Like You’ single ::  Lou Barlow ~ UK and European Tour ::  Mixtapes and Cellmates ~ New single 'Soon'. ::  Jon and Tracy Morter ~ Rage Factor Xmas No. 1 Winners ::  VV Brown ~ Travelling Like The Light’ - February 9th ::  Memory Tapes ~ 'Graphics' new single ::  Kathryn Williams ~ 'The Quickening' ::  Lightspeed Champion ~ New single – Marlene – 25th January 2010 ::