Maximo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars

Maxïmo Park release a new single Girls Who Play Guitars through Warp Records on Monday 20th August. Girls Who Play Guitars is the follow-up to the hit singles Books From Boxes, and the Top Ten smash, Our Velocity. The single will be available on CD single, two x 7" coloured vinyl and download.

All bonus songs are exclusive to this release and include another in the bands obituary series, this time about the American visual artist Joe Brainard (more information on www.joebrainard.org).

Maxïmo Park, who received ecstatic reactions to their sets at Glastonbury, Oxegen and T In The Park, have sold out their October headline tour. Tickets for an additional second night at Glasgow Barrowlands went in hours. The band also play the main stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals in August, ahead of hosting an arena show in their hometown of Newcastle before the end of the year. The full dates are:

OCTOBER
Mon 1st Glasgow Barrowlands SOLD OUT #
Tue 2nd Glasgow Barrowlands SOLD OUT #
Wed 3rd Dundee Caird Hall SOLD OUT #
Fri 5th Doncaster Dome SOLD OUT #
Sat 6th Manchester Apollo SOLD OUT #
Sun 7th Cambridge Corn Exchange SOLD OUT *
Mon 8th Portsmouth Guildhall SOLD OUT *
Wed 10th Wolverhampton Civic Hall SOLD OUT *
Thu 11th London Brixton Academy SOLD OUT *
Fri 12th London Brixton Academy SOLD OUT #

DECEMBER
Sat 15th Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 0870 707 8000 £16.50 +

Support comes from: # Good Shoes & Blood Red Shoes, * Good Shoes & Theoretical Girl and + Very Special Guests TBA & Good Shoes.

Maxïmo Park's second album, Our Earthly Pleasures, which debuted in the UK Charts at Number Two and has shot past Gold status, was produced by Gil Norton (Pixies / Foo Fighters).