Mercury Rev announce UK Tour and join Nick Cave at the Brixton Academy

LONDON, UK (V2 Music/Virgin Records) - Mercury Rev announce a major UK tour for March 2005.
Dates are:

MARCH
SAT 5 UK, NEWCASTLE, NORTHUMBRIA UNVERSITY – 0191 232 0899
SUN 6 UK, GLASGOW, BARROWLANDS – 0870 169 0100 www.ticketweb.co.uk
THU 10 UK, MANCHESTER, ACADEMY – 0161 831 1111
FRI 11 UK, BIRMINGHAM, ACADEMY (10pm CURFEW) – 0870 771 200
SAT 12 UK, LONDON, HAMMERSMITH APOLLO – 0870 60 63 400
SUN 13 UK, SOUTHAMPTON, GUILDHALL – 023 8063 2601

Tickets available from the venues and www.getlive.co.uk and www.gigsandtours.com
Creditcard hotline: 0870 400 0688 (24hrs) & 0871 2200 260
Tickets go on sale Weds November 10th.

It has also just been confirmed that Mercury Rev will be joing Nick Cave as special guests at this week's 3 sold-out shows on the 10/11/12 Nov at Brixton Academy. They will be onstage at 8pm.
Mercury Rev will also be appearing on 'Later With Jools Holland' this Friday.
The band will be in the UK in December, headlining this winters 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (AKA All Tomorrows Parties) at Camber Sands on December 4th. Festival line-up and ticket details at www.atpfestival.com

Mercury Rev release their hotly anticipated new studio album 'The Secret Migration' on January 24th.
A taster from the new album 'Secret For a Song' is released as a Download-only single on November 7th. It will be available from Mercuryrev.com, V2music.com, iTunes, Napster and MyCokeMusic for 99p.
You can Pre-order the Limited Edition of 'The Secret Migration' from www.amazon.co.uk for �9.99*
(*offer ends 20th December 2004).