Björk: Touring in support of the wonderful Volta, easily the best album she's made in many a moon - including latest single the bonkers 'Declare Independence' (watch the equally bonkers Michel Gondry directed video here) - we are reliably informed that you can expect something a bit special visually...

Apr 14 London Hammersmith Apollo
Apr 17 London Hammersmith Apollo
Apr 22 Plymouth Pavilion
Apr 25 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Apr 28 Belfast Waterfront
May 01 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
May 04 Sheffield City Hall

The Courteeners: Likely young Manchester based tykes The Courtneers have a new single 'Not Nineteen Forever' out on March 31st, followed a week later on April 7th by the debut album, St. Jude (apparently Bono is a fan) and a string of dates.

Apr 14 Leeds Metropolitan University
Apr 15 Newcastle University
Apr 16 Glasgow QMU
Apr 17 Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
Apr 19 Manchester Academy 1
Apr 20 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Apr 21 Norwich Waterfront
Apr 22 Cambridge Junction
Apr 24 Bristol Bierkeller
Apr 25 Southampton University
Apr 26 London Astoria

Billy Bragg: The itinterant tourer finds himself treading the boards once again in support of his fine new album Mr Love And Justice catch him the following venues

Apr 23 London Barbican Hall
Apr 24 Bristol Colston Hall
Apr 25 Birmingham Town Hall
Apr 27 Glasgow ABC
Apr 29 Gateshead The Sage
Apr 30 Sheffield City Hall
May 02 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
May 03 Reading The Hexagon
May 04 Lincoln The Engine Shed

Kooks: Formed at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music - and yes they are named after the track from David Bowie's album Hunky Dory - tour in support of new album Konk

Apr 22 Manchester Apollo
Apr 23 Swindon Oasis
Apr 25 Hull Arena
Apr 27 Birmingham Academy
Apr 28 Sheffield Academy
Apr 29 Edinburgh Corn Exchange
May 01 London Brixton Academy
May 02 London Brixton Academy
May 03 Plymouth Palladium
May 05 Dublin Dublin Castle

Jethro Tull: Celebrating forty (yup, that's forty) years as a going concern, which you have to agree is some going concern, Ian Anderson and Co. take to the road and promise any number or Tull related guest appearances along the way.

Apr 14 Cardiff St David's Hall
Apr 15 Salisbury City Hall
Apr 16 Bournemouth Pavilions
Apr 17 Basingstoke The Anvil
Apr 18 Bristol Colston Hall
Apr 19 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Apr 30 Dunfermline Carnegie Hall
May 01 Edinburgh The Queens Hall
May 02 Glasgow Pavilion Theatre
May 03 Aberdeen Music Hall
May 06 Inverness Eden Court
May 07 Perth Concert Hall
May 08 Newcastle City Hall
May 09 Carlisle Sands Hall
May 10 Sheffield City Hall
May 11 York Grand Opera House
May 13 Liverpool Philharmonic
May 14 Llandudno Venue Cymru
May 15 Blackburn King George's Hall
May 16 Peterborough Broadway
May 17 Ipswich Regent Theatre
May 28 London Royal Festival Hall

Royworld: None of the band are called Roy but they have been compared to both Talking Heads and The Sparks, which can't be a bad thing can it?

May 03 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
May 04 Oxford Carling Academy
May 05 Birmingham Bar Academy
May 07 Liverpool Barfly
May 08 Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
May 09 Dublin Trinity College Ball
May 11 Leeds The Cockpit
May 12 Lancaster Library,
May 13 Manchester Night and Day
May 15 Norwich Arts Centre
May 18 Southhampton Joiners
May 19 London The Borderline

Amy Macdonald: The biggest selling British female singer-songwriter to emerge in 2007 - having sold over 600,000 copies of her album This Is The Life - returns with a new single, 'Poison Prince', on Vertigo on 19th May, and her biggest headline tour.

May 14 Edinburgh Queens Hall
May 15 Leicester University
May 16 Leeds University
May 18 Oxford Carling Academy
May 19 Norwich UEA
May 20 London Shepherds Bush Empire
May 22 Manchester Academy
May 23 Glasgow Academy
May 24 Glasgow Academy