Following the commercial and critical success of their debut album, St. Jude (released earlier this month), The Courteeners who are currently touring the UK tour have confirmed UK summer festival dates and an Autumn UK tour.

The Courteeners are the latest hip band to come out of Manchester. They formed in 2006 and include Liam Fray (guitar/vocals), Michael Campbell (drums/backing vocals), Daniel Conan Moores (Guitar), and Mark Cuppello (bass).

They still have a few UK dates to play this month before heading off to Amsterdam and two dates in Japan, before returning to play a handful of summer festivals here in the UK.

They play:

Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (20 April)
Waterfront, Norwich (21)
The Junction, Cambridge (22)
Southampton University (25)
The Astoria, London (26)
The Waterfront, Norwich (27)

They have already agreed to play the following festivals:

O2 Wireless Festival (4 July)
T In The Park (12)
Oxegen Festival (Ireland) (13)
V Festival (16 & 17 August)

The Autumn Tour Dates are as follows:

Newcastle Academy (October 3)
Sheffield Academy (4)
Dundee Fat Sam’s (6)
Glasgow Barrowlands (7)
Manchester Apollo (9)
Liverpool University (11)
Hull University (13)
Nottingham Rock City (14)
Norwich UEA (15)
Leeds Academy (17)
Birmingham Academy (18)
Portsmouth Pyramid Centre (19)
Bristol Academy (20)
Oxford Academy (22)
London Shepherd’s Bush Empire (23)

To listen to The Courteeners and keep up to date with tour dates, visit The Courteeners official MySpace page.