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The Magic Numbers Announce Rescheduled Tour Dates

• 7th Sep 2010

The Magic Numbers have announced details of the rescheduled release date of their forthcoming new album and UK tour.

The album, titled The Runaway, will now be released through Heavenly Recordings on Monday July 26th 2010.

The 12-track album was produced by Romeo Stodart and Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bjork, Bonnie Prince Billy, Múm) and mixed by Ben Hillier (Doves, Elbow, Blur). It is their third album following The Magic Numbers (June 2005) & Those The Brokes (November 2007).

It also features string arrangements by Robert Kirby, renowned for his work with the likes of Nick Drake, Sandy Denny and Elvis Costello. The album was the last Robert worked on before he sadly passed away in October 2009.

The full track-listing of the album is as follows:

1. The Pulse
2. Hurt So Good
3. Why Did You Call?
4. Once I Had
5. A Start With No Ending
6. Throwing My Heart Away
7. Restless River
8. Only Seventeen
9. Sound Of Something
10. The Song That No One Knows
11. Dreams Of A Revelation
12. I’m Sorry

A limited-edition of the album will also be available featuring a 4-track live EP recorded at Wiltons Music Hall in London.

The album can be pre-ordered from HMV for a reduced price via the following link:

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They have additionally announced the release of a new single, Why Did You Call? also on July 26th.

Finally, their UK tour, originally scheduled for June, will now take place in September and October. The full list of rescheduled dates, including their confirmed UK festival appearances are as follows:

JUNE
19th Croyde, Devon Goldcoast Ocean Festival
25th Pilton Glastonbury Festival

JULY
3rd East Peckham, Kent Hop Farm festival
4th Shenley Park, Herts Tapestry Festival
14th Harrogate Harrogate Fringe Festival

AUGUST
7th Standon Standon Calling Festival
8th Eastnor Castle The Big Chill Festival
14th Usk, Wales Croissant Neuf Festival
21st Chelmsford V Festival
22nd Stafford V Festival
29th Silloth, Cumbria Solfest

SEPTEMBER
4th Jersey Jersey Live Festival
11th Ivybridge, Devon Ivy Live Festival
24th Bristol Anson Rooms
25th Brighton Komedia
27th Norwich Waterfront
28th Manchester Academy
29th Glasgow O2 ABC
30th Liverpool O2 Academy
OCTOBER
1st Newcastle University
3rd Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
5th Sheffield Leadmill
6th Leeds Irish Centre
8th Oxford Academy
9th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
10th Cambridge Junction
11th London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Tickets for the tour are priced at £14 (£16.50 in London) Tickets will be available via link (Leeds), link (Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, Wolverhampton, Cambridge & London), link (Oxford), link (Glasgow), link (Brighton & Portsmouth) and link (Norwich). Tickets for the original shows remain valid.