Doves are thrilled to announce that they will play the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge on April 17th next year as part of Heavenly Recordings 30th anniversary celebrations.

“We don’t miss Heavenly anniversaries,” says Jimi. “It will be ace to play and celebrate 30 years of their fantastic label, and where better than the Trades Club?”

Tickets for this gig are of course sold out.

The excitement doesn’t end there. The weekend also see’s the return of Cherry Ghost (also sold out) on Saturday April 18th. As well as gigs from the likes of Confidence Man, Baxter Dury & Katy J Pearson among others. For all the info visit the Heavenly Recordings website.

The above video is taken from the Dennis & Louis documentary, as aired on You tube by NME. It features Jimi talking about how when he was just 6 years old, Dennis & Lois took him back stage to meet Joey Ramone.

A cool story from an even more cool documentary! It makes its London premier this Sunday, only a few tickets remain which you can get here.

Saturday see’s the “return” of Sub Sub at the Mayfield Depot in Manchester. Final tickets available at Ticketmaster.

Jimi posted this piece onto his soundcloud. The track is not new, and was first heard by fans in 2005 when Doves.net played demo tracks from Some Cities.

Doves have been shortlisted for the 2019 Best Live Performance Award by Q Magazine for the Teenage Cancer Trust concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Voting is opening through October 7th via this link.

Here’s a wee catch up on Doves set at Gunnersville via the festival website. It was a great festival, well organised. I certainly had a blast! Doves were on top form, here’s a cracking video from the evening (not mine)..

Doves wrapped up their live return last night at Gunnersbury Park, London. The setlist was the same as Bingley the weekend before. Despite the short set time, band managed to squeeze in all the tracks you’d want to hear.

The band seemed well into it, as were the crowd. The band have gone on record to say the next live gig will be in support of a new album. Exciting times ahead..

Thanks to Phil Holden at the fans forum for the Setlist from this evening’s headline appearance at Bingley Weekender.

The view from the back end..

Next stop, Gunnersville in London.

Despite some ticket agencies apparently saying no tickets remain. Tickets are very much available to purchase. Tickets are £35 plus booking fee. Not bad for a full Doves set plus Echo & The Bunnymen, Badly Drawn Boy and the new band White Flowers who happen to have their new record produced by Jez!

Purchase tickets here.

This is being billed as Doves last gig of the year. As they have said on social media of late, Doves head back into the studio to finish off their next album.

The indie masterplan have posted a cracking review of the recent Hull gig.

A big moment during a Doves gig is when guitarist Jez Williams steps up to vocal duties, this happened during the uplifting track ‘Words’. Jez’s vocals are a little higher and less bassy than Jimi’s, and this a great weapon to have in the arsenal.

To read the full review, click here.