Looking forward to the sunshine and seeing some of you there!

TM

May 2012

17.05.12 – Dauwpop Festival – HOLLAND

26.05.12 – Papillons De Nuit Festival , St. Laurent De Cuves, FRANCE

27.05.12 – Festival Europavox @ Venue Le Forum-opening for The Hives , Clermont Ferrand, FRANCE

June 2012

02.06.12 – Strawberry Fest – Wexford, IRELAND

08.06.12 – Carabana Festival – Crans Sur Nyon, SWITZERLAND

10.06.12 – Download Festival – Donnington, U.K

22-24.06.12 – Isle Of Wight Festival – U.K

23.06.12 – Westport Festival of Music & performing Arts – Westport, IRELAND

29.06.12 – Seasessions Surf & Music Festival – Bundoran, IRELAND

July 2012

05.07.12 – Phoenix Park, Dublin (support to The Stone Roses)

06.07.12 – The Garden Party - ISLE OF MAN

07.07.12 – T In The Park – Glasgow, SCOTLAND

26.07.12 – Live at Leopardstown, Leopardstown Racecourse Dublin, IRELAND

August 2012

03.08.12 – Les Nuits Secretes Festival, Aulnoye Aymeries, FRANCE

05.08.12 – Indiependance Festival – Cork, IRELAND

18.08.12 – Frequency Festival – St Pölten, AUSTRIA

21.08.12 – Tennents Vital – Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast (support to the Foo Fighters)

24-26.08.12 – Reading and Leeds Festivals, U.K

September 2012

21.09.12 – Reeperbahn Festival – Hamburg, GERMANY

Its gonna be a great day for us and hopefully a sunny one in Dublin!

Keep checking our live section for more summer festival announcements..

Yeeoww!

TM

This is going to be the best rock n roll line up you will see all year!

We’ve plenty more European Summer Festival dates in the pipeline so keep checking our live section for updates..

T.M

The Minutes will be live on VenueOne.com this Wednesday at 20:00 GMT for an exclusive rebroadcast of Saturday’s sold out show from The Academy, Dublin.

Mark, Tom and Shane will be on the couch for an interview, taking questions from fans online and giving away some special prizes.

Saturday’s show was the Dublin trio’s homecoming celebration after a hugely successful year which saw the release of debut album Marcata to rave reviews and the cementing of their place as one of the hottest live acts on the scene.

Arrive early and catch a full live set from the band.

http://www.towerrecords.ie

To all our fans stateside you can download it on iTunes here

It’s also previewing over at AOL spinner here

Be sure to check our live section for upcoming U.S shows in March.

We’ll be hitting NYC and Austin for SXSW 2012

Looking forward to seeing some of you there

T.M

The Minutes Debut US E.P

Released: 14.02.2012

Tracklisting:

1.Black Keys

2. Secret History

3. Black & Blue ( A Letter)

4. I.M.T.O.D (Live)

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.

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

We’re selling the Red Dan Bowden design t shirts for the reduced price of 10 bob up to the day of the show..

We’ve also got a limited amount of the white long sleeve t shirts back in stock!!

Get em while they’re hot from our online store now!

TM

Check out the Official video below.