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Drive By Truckers Announce May UK Dates To Promote New Album 'Go Go Boots' & Tickets
Wednesday, 19 January 2011 Written by Jon Stickler
Drive By Truckers Announce May UK Dates To Promote New Album 'Go Go Boots' & Tickets

US alternative-country band Drive By Truckers have announced a string of UK dates for May this year.

Forming in Athens, Georgia, even though half of the six-piece come from Alabama, the Drive By Truckers are noted for their “three axe attack” on music. Playing with three guitars as well as a bassist and a drummer.

Like many other alternative-country groups the Drive By Truckers record their music in a unique way, recording in analog (using 2 inch tape) to give that lo-fi, more 70’s rock ‘n’ roll sound. However, unlike the majority of their fellow bands, Drive By Truckers have always pushed their record labels to ensure that their albums are released on vinyl format.

Heading back to the studio last year to record their eleventh album, 'Go Go Boots', the new offering is said to be a varied collection of styles. Band co-founder Patterson Hood explains, “We recorded nearly 40 songs last year and into this year and fairly early on divided it into two separate album. The Big To-Do’, released first, was the more straight forward "Rock" album. ‘Go-Go Boots’ is what I sometimes (semi-jokingly) refer to as our country, soul and murder ballad album. Those elements definitely play into it, but it's a little more open ended than that.”

Drive By Truckers have also been busy working on a film. Entitled 'The Secret To A Happy Ending', the film has already been screened in cinemas across the USA and will be shown for the first time in the UK in the Barbican on February 10th. The screening will be followed by a special acoustic show by the band.

Drive By Truckers are set to release their new album 'Go Go Boots' on February 14th.

Drive By Truckers will play the following UK dates:

Thu 5th May 2011 - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Fri 6th May 2011 - Anson Rooms, Bristol
Tue 10th May 2011 - O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool
Wed 11th May 2011 - Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds

Tickets For Drive By Truckers' UK Shows are onsale from 9am on Friday 21st January, priced from £16.00 + booking fees.

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