Brush up on the lyrics to Sweet Caroline and Holly Holy as Neil Diamond is heading over to these shores for an expansive arena tour next summer (30 Jun-14 Jul, tour starts Belfast Odyssey Arena) …
Slacker overlord J Mascis is also heading across the Atlantic to promo his latest solo album, Tied To A Star. He’ll be here in early 2015 for a series of intimate dates (7-19 Jan, tour starts The Marble Factory, Bristol) …
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are hitting the road to promote their new album, Chasing Yesterday, which has songs inspired by space travel rather than his previous muses, such as magic pies (3-10 Mar, tour starts Odyssey, Belfast) …
Meat-and-two-veg rockers Royal Blood have announced their biggest gigs to date. Expect riffs piled atop pummelling drums (22 Feb-14 Mar, tour starts Barrowland, Glasgow) …
Finally, Fence Collective stalwart King Creosote is also heading out in early 2015 for a small jaunt around the UK, including a live scoring to the film From Scotland With Love at Celtic Connections (20 Jan-3 Feb, tour starts Out To Lunch festival, Belfast).