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The Times has published a review of the Glasgow show. The reviewer asks, are Doves a viable live act without Jimi…

Are Doves viable as a live act without him? Certainly. There were many wonderful moments. Encouragingly, the new songs were among the best. On the tender opening of Strange Weather, Jez’s voice was at its most exposed but he sang with a lovely avuncular vulnerability. For Last Year’s Man, Andy came out from his kit and took the lead. Throwing back his head, eyes shut tight, he sang, “I feel no shame!” like he meant it. A man down, the band showed admirable grit and spirit.

You can read the full review here.

Doves kicked off their UK tour this evening in Glasgow. Strange Weather and Last Year’s Man were played live for the first time. The tour stops off in Edinburgh next. The show is sold out! Thanks to Lauri for the setlist!

Some quotes from Jimi about Saint Teresa:

“By keeping it to one side, we were able to reappraise it and make it better. Andy and Jez helped out with it and it’s great that it’s found a home.

“My Catholicism went out of the window years ago, but I love the iconography associated with the church. They put on a really good show. I identify with it all from my childhood. The story of Saint Teresa is fascinating“

Read more at NME

Doves returned to Maida Vale to perform tracks for 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq. Andy & Jez also spoke to Steve, a great interview with a DJ who has supported Doves since the start.

Click here to listen to the session. Starts 2 hours in. Tracks played: Renegade, Cold Dreaming, and Black & White Town. They played four tracks at the session, so keep an eye open for when the fourth track gets aired. Likely new track to be aired after the album is released.

White Flowers have been announced as the support band for the upcoming UK tour. Every gig except for Nottingham’s Rock City is sold out!

Doves will participate in RSD for the first time. EMI North will issue a double A-side featuring two bonus tracks from Constellations For The Lonely. Cally & Lean into the Wind will released on 10″ vinyl, available at all good record stores on April 12th. UK only.

Andy recently spoke with Jayne Hinton for Bolton FM. If you missed the interview, Jayne has kindly shared the audio so you can listen to the full interview. It’s a brilliant listen, so much is covered from why Jez sings lead vox on Cold Dreaming, the setlist for the upcoming tour, Sub Sub vinyl reissues and so much more.

It has now been confirmed that Constellations For The Lonely will be released on February 28th. Pre-order your copy now at dovesofficial.com

Andy & Jez did a Q&A with Chris Hawkins this past week in Leeds, Manchester & Liverpool. The above photos was taken at Liverpool Rough Trade by Gibbo. They also did short acoustic versions of Here It Comes, The Cedar Room, Carousels and Cold Dreaming.

Andy & Jez Q&A at Manchester YES. Photo by Manuel Da Costa

Andy & Jez Q&A at Manchester YES. Photo by Jonathon Hotrocks

Andy & Jez performance at the Q&A at Leeds Wardrobe. Photo by John Richmond

Doves present a specially commissioned 5.1 surround sound mix of their new album ‘Constellations For The Lonely’ with accompanying visuals on Thursday, February 13 at The Space Dome in the First Light Pavilion at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, brought to you in partnership with Wax and Beans.

These seated playback sessions will play out as an immersive story that’ll take you through an audio-visual journey of the album.

There are only three sittings (3.30PM, 5.30PM, and 7.30PM) with 130 attendees each, making this a unique and exclusive opportunity to discover the new album before anyone else.

Along with the tickets, the band is releasing an extremely limited edition CD to commemorate the evening.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan 28th) at 10AM here. Now sold out.