Chart toppers Rudimental announce headline UK tour
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Rudimental are Piers Agget, Amir Amor, DJ Leon Rolle and Kesi Dryden
Chart-topping group Rudimental have announced details of their own, headline UK tour.
The Hackney-based band will visit Glasgow, Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford, Norwich and London.
In 2012, they had a number one single with Feel The Love and are preparing to release their debut album later this year.
The band are also supporting Plan B on his arena tour in February.
Sheeran Love
Feel The Love, featuring vocalist John Newman, was 2012's 16th biggest-selling single shifting more than 619,000 copies.
Rudimental's DJ Leon Rolle on stage at BBC Radio 1Xtra Live
It's nominated for best single at this year's Brit Awards.
Ed Sheeran recently expressed his desire to launch a side project with the group, an idea they're enthusiastic about.
Speaking to Newsbeat, DJ Leon Rolle said: "We love Ed, and we love what he's done. The impact he has when he's on stage is just immense. He's a very talented guy and it'd be a bit of dream to work with him."
"We'd love to work with him and we definitely will," confirmed Amir Amor.
On their debut release, the band said: "We want to bring out a seminal, genre-defining album."
Ed Sheeran says he has lots of new music written
The tour dates are as follows:
Glasgow, Oran Mor - 23 April
Liverpool, Academy - 24 April
Nottingham, Rescue Rooms - 25 April
Manchester, Gorilla - 26 April
Birmingham, HMV Library - 27 April
Oxford, O2 Academy - 30 April
Norwich, Waterfront - 1 May
London, The Electric - 2 May
Tickets go on sale 9am, 25 January (London tickets already on sale)
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