February 17th, 2009 by Warren Moore

Former ‘Birthday Party’ singer Nick Cave and his latest group Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are set to play Scotland’s biggest festival T in The Park this July (10 & 12)

T in the Park last year won Best UK Festival Line-up at last year’s UK Festival Awards and look set to compete agai this year with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds joining acts such as Kings Of Leon, Katie Perry, Blur and Snow Patrol, Razorlight, Pete Doherty, Elbow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pendulum and White Lies who have all previously confirmed appearances at the Scottish festival. Hundreds of T in the Park tickets are still available from £154.

Fans will have the many more chance to see these T in the Park acts as many will be on tour across the UK this summer including, Razorlight, Kings of Leon, Katie Perry, Snow Patrol, Blur, White lies, elbow

Razorlight have recently announced a tour beginning in Glasgow King Tuts (May 2), Buxton Opera House (May 4), Leamington Spa The Assembly (May 5), London O2 Arena (May 7) and also Manchester MEN Arena (May 9). Razorlight tickets are available from £25

Kings of Leon play UK shows in June visiting the O2 Arena, London and the Manchester Evening News Arena. Kings of Leon tickets are available from £50.

The first stage of the 2009 The Katy Perry tour kicks off on February 25 at Manchester Academy. Katy Perry then visits the KOKO club in London where she will play two back-to-back shows (February 26 &27). The second Katy Perry tour of 2009 starts at Brighton Dome (June 2) and features performances at Glasgow Barrowlands (June 6) and the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (June 9 & 10). Loads of Katy Perry tickets are still available from £31.

Snow Patrol also hit the road this February. The mammoth Snow Patrol tour kicks off in Bournemouth at the International Conference Centre on February 22. The Snow Patrol also features performances at the Glasgow SECC (February 24 & 25), Liverpool Echo Arena (March 6), Cardiff International Arena (March and Nottingham Trent FM Arena (March 12). The Snow Patrol tour comes to a close with four shows at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast (March 19, 20, 21 &23). Snow Patrol tickets are available from £34.

Tickets for Blur’s long awaited return show at Manchester MEN (June 26) Arena are available this morning (February 13) this show will be followed by the already sold out Blur concerts at London’s Hyde Park (July 2 , 3). Blur tickets are available from £25.

The White Lies also embark on their own UK tour in May. The White Lies tour kicks off at Leeds University (May 3) before stopping at Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow (May 4), Manchester Academy (May 5) and Heaven in London (May 7 & 8). Loads of White Lies tickets are still available from £17.

Elbow will set off on tour in Brighton Dome (February 26) continuing on to perform dates at Southend Cliffs Pavilion (March 1), Bournemouth Solent Hall (March 2), Sheffield Academy (March 3), Newcastle Academy (March 5), Edinburgh Corn Exchange (March 6) Blackpool Empress Ballroom (March 7), Llandudno Arena (March 9), Bristol Colston Hall (March 10), Plymouth Pavilions (March, 11) Newport Centre (March, 12) and finally the elbow tour will close at London Wembley Arena (March 14). Many Elbow Tickets are available from £40

A twelve date Pete Doherty tour kicks off at Cardiff University on March 13 and concludes at the Edinburgh Picture House on March 27. Fans can also see Pete Doherty live at Rock City in Nottingham (March 18), Leeds O2 Academy (March 23) and Birmingham O2 Academy (March 25). Pete Doherty tickets are available from £33