While in the studio recording their forthcoming new album, The Futureheads signed a guitar plectrum and wrote an accompanying message for the Ben Sherman VIP Plectrums Campaign.

You can bid to win the beautifully framed plectrum on ebay (see link below).

All profits from the sale will go to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and in Singapore, The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund.

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SPLIT FESTIVAL, SUNDERLAND
Hi everyone! The Futureheads have an AMAZING gig coming up. We're playing in Sunderland on Sunday October 4th. It's gonna be brilliant, we're headlining a Sunderland music festival, so also on the bill are the incredible Field Music and Frankie and the Heartstrings. Plus other local acts Beak and Sea of Glass. It's gonna be a great day with other events on too. You can buy tickets here or from Hot Rats Records in Sunderland, RPM in Newcastle, or indeed from Ashbrooke Cricket Club itself.

The gates will open around about 1pm and we’ll be going on early evening around about 8-9. It’s an outdoor gig, in a marquee incase it rains. There’s gonna be food stalls, drink, great bands, jugglers, fire breathers, fireworks. All sorts of crazy stuff going on. Should be a great day and an important gig for Sunderland – we’re looking to making at a yearly thing if the festival is a success.

So yeah, get on your dancing shoes and get down! We’ll playing some of our very newest songs that we’ve just recorded and will be on our next album come the Spring – so this is the only chance you’ll get to hear them live before then. I’ll be in touch again as more acts are announced and times are properly sorted. We’ll be keeping this website updated for latest news.

See you in the pit!!
Jaff

We're pleased to make 2 new Futureheads live bootlegs available for you to download. The first was recorded at The Crocodile Cafe, Seattle back in 2004, while the second was recorded earlier this year at The Great Hall in Cardiff.

Track listings are:
Live @ The Crocodile Cafe, Seattle (2004) - Le Garage / Robot / The City Is Here For You To Use / Trying Not To Think About Time / Stupid & Shallow / Picture Of Dorian Gray / Alms / Meantime / A To B / First Day / He Knows / Carnival Kids / Decent Days & Nights / Hounds Of Love / Man Ray / Piece Of Crap

Live @ Cardiff Great Hall (02-05-0 - Decent Days & Nights / Broke Up The Time / Area / This Is Not The World / Radio Heart / Skip To The End / Everything’s Changing / The Beginning Of The Twist / Hard To Bear / Hounds Of Love / He Knows / Carnival Kids / Man Ray

Both are just $10 and are available to sample and download via the link on the myspace.

STREET TEAM
With the UK tour kicking off next week we're looking for people to come down to the shows and give us a hand putting up posters, collecting email addresses and running the merch. In exchange for helping out you and a mate will get free tickets to the show.

If you fancy it drop us an email to competitions@biglifemanagement.com with your name, a contact mobile number, and details of which show you would like to come to.

TOUR TICKETS
In case you are yet to get your tickets to the upcoming tour you can do so either via our our website or Crowd Surge.

November:
29th - London Astoria
30th - Whitehaven Civic Hall
December:
2nd - Glasgow ABC 2
3rd - Glasgow ABC 2
5th - Birmingham Academy (Ramshackle club)
6th - Oxford Academy (Transformation club)
7th - Norwich The Waterfront
8th - Cardiff Dub 29
9th - Cheltenham Dakota Club
12th - Sheffield Academy (Pet Sounds club)
13th - Leeds Academy (Pet Sounds club)
15th - Cork Cyprus Avenue
16th - Limerick Dolan’s Warehouse
17th - Dublin Academy
19th - Gateshead The Sage
20th - York The Duchess

NEW SINGLE
On December 8th The Futureheads will release 'I Wouldn't Be Like This If You Were Here' as a download only single. The track was recorded at the same time as the bands third album 'This Is Not The World'. Ahead of its release you can exclusively hear the track via the bands myspace page.