June 9th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Editors have announced the details of  their UK tour set to start this October.

The tour is to coincide with the release of the Editors’ third album release titled In This Light And On This Evening, expected to be released in September.

Previous albums released by Editors are The Back Room, which earned them a Music Prize nomination in 2006, and the number one album An End Has A Start.

Frontman of Editors Tom Smith described the musical direction for the new album to be raw and rougher.

Tom Smith said that he wants to try and capture the kind of power and ferocious element that the band appear to have when performing live on stage but has yet to surface on recorded material.

Guitarist Christopher Urbanowicz also claims that the theme tune to the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Terminator has had an influence on the guitar riffs he has written.

Before their headline tour, Editors will be the first band to play at the Birmingham O2 Academy on September 10.

Dates for the Editors tour include the Edinburgh Picture House (October 12), Manchester Academy (October 16), and London Hammersmith Apollo (October 21) before drawing the tour to a close at the Southhampton Guildhall (October 26).

Tickets for the new Editors tour will go on general sale on Friday June 12 at 9am.

However, fans can catch Editors in festival action this summer before their headline UK tour.

Editors are due to appear at Hop Farm Festival at Hop Farm Tonbridge on July 5 followed by the Latitude Festival taking place at Henham Park Southwold on July 16-19.

Finally, Editors will be at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival at the Inverness Belladrum Estate on August 7-8.

Hop Farm Festival tickets, Latitude Festival tickets and Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival tickets are all available to compare at tixdaq.com