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THE MINUTES ANNOUNCE FIRST FULL HEADLINE EUROPEAN TOUR

25 shows in 8 countries – bring it on.

Fresh from rockin’ the clogs off the crazy Dutch at the Eurosonic festival in Groningen; the hardest working, toughest gigging band in the music we call rock and roll have confirmed their first headline European tour. Promoters from all over Europe flocked to a rammed show at the Vindicat and this is the result:

11/2 – The Academy, Dublin

22/2 – The Barfly, London

23/2 – Prince Albert, Brighton

24/2 – Thekla Top Deck, Bristol

25/2 – Rock City, Nottingham (club)

26/2 – Sound Control, Manchester

21/3 – Stereo, York

22/3 – King Tuts, Glasgow

23/3 – Electric Circus, Edinburgh

24/3 – Cafe Drummond, Aberdeen

27/3 – Central Station, Wrexham

28/3 – Academy 3, Birmingham

29/3 – Take 5 @ The Crypt, Norwich

30/3 – The Corner House, Cambridge

9/4 – Molotow, Hamburg, Germany

10/4 – Beatpol, Dresden, Germany

11/4 – Comet, Berlin, Germany

12/4 – FZW, Dortmund, Germany

14/4 – Atomic, Munich, Germany

15/4 – Hafen 2, Frankfurt, Germany

17/4 -  Garage, Saarbruken, Germany

18/4 – X-Tra, Zurich, Switzerland

19/4 – Amalgame, Yverdon, Switzerland

20/4 – Supermarkt, The Hague, Holland

21/4 – Charlatan, Gent, Belgium

23/4 – Le Splendid, Lille, France

25/4 – La Maroquinerie, Paris, France

26/4 – Muziekodroom, Hasselt, Belgium

28/04 – Munster, Gleis, Germany

29/04 – Vienna, Chelsea, Austria

Ticket info for all shows can be found in our LIVE section.

Eagle eyed readers will have noticed a small SXSW shaped gap in the schedule; and indeed the band will return to the land of Uncle Sam in early March for US shows in New York and Texas; watch this space for more details. True pupils to the teachings of GOYA (Get Off Your Arse); The Minutes are coming to a town near you; wherever you happen to be.

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Marcata OUT NOW in the U.K!

To all our UK fans our debut album Marcata has finally hit stores today!

Click on one of the links below to get your copy NOW!

We’ll also be crossing the water in Feb and March for our first UK Headline tour.

Check out our live section for a show near you.

‘..full of raucous thrills and high-voltage riffage..’ The Guardian

“The greatest rock’n'roll band in Dublin” – Artrocker

“Dig out the leather jacket and get rolling” – Rock Sound Magazine

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Marcata Pre-order for UK fans

Oi….. United Kingdom – Pre Order MARCATA from iTunes NOW ! Only £5.99.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also available on Amazon.co.uk HERE

 

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From a sell out show in Whelan’s this October, to their biggest headline performance to date

The Minutes have just put down a summer of gigging that would fit handsomely into any good rock and roll archive.

Having blown heads off audiences at festivals across Ireland and the UK including Reading and Leeds,  Sea Sessions, Castlepalooza, Indiependence, Oxegen and Electric Picnic, and having packed The Workman’s Club to sweaty capacity for the launch of their critically acclaimed debut album Marcata, the guys have barely stopped to take a breath. And they are not going to get the chance any time soon,  as they tear around the country for some shows in Cork, Tullamore, Meath, Galway, Dundalk and Limerick and land to to blaze through a SOLD OUT show in Whelan’s on October 15th and it doesn’t stop there as the lads have just been announced as special guests of Flogging Molly on their 23-date European tour throughout the month of November.

With a long, thumping, rock-rolling career a sure bet for these three Dubliners, the achievements of the past few months feel like the tip of the iceberg. And now Minutes advocates are preparing themselves to share their favourite band with the masses, as The Minutes get set to launch their brand new single Heartbreaker on February 10th 2012, followed by their (just announced) biggest headline performance to date in The Academy on February 11th.

Tickets for The Academy on Saturday February 11th priced at €12.50 go on sale tomorrow (Sept 16th) from usual outlets.

Oxegen: It’s amazing that three lads can make the amount of noise that the Minutes do. From the first track it’s all guns blazing from the Dublin band, absorbing the energy of the crowd and making a huge stage their own’ATL BBC NI.

Electric Picnic: ‘The songs are delivered with such flair and confidence that it’s impossible not to be sucked into the raw rockin’ energy that this band exude on stage’…State.ie

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Fleetwood Official Video

It’s been pretty quite on here of late. We’ve been pretty busy with finishing the record and playing shows. Something else we’ve been up to is shooting a music video for our new single Fleetwood, released Sept. 10th through iTunes. So enough waffle. Here it is. Enjoy.

Cast: Charlene Gleeson & Gary Byrne

Director: Philip Kelly (www.imphilip.com)
Production Company: Warrior Films (www.warrior-films.com)
Producer: Liam Ryan
DoP: Piers McGrail (www.piersmcgrail.com)
Styling: Gillian McArdle
Make up: Nadia Macari
Editor: Eamonn Cleary
Online grade: Piers McGrail

and a MASSIVE thanks to everyone who worked on this and all those who helped make it happen.

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