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Today, February 5, in the UK, the Long Blondes release their latest single from last year's Someone to Drive You Home LP, "Giddy Stratospheres", on CD, two different 7"s, and as an iTunes-only download. Each version includes a exclusive B-sides produced by Erol Alkan.

The band will not go ahead with their in-store performances at Manchester's Virgin Megastore tonight and Leeds' Jumbo Records on Wednesday as intended, because frontwoman Kate Jackson has tonsillitis. We wish her a speedy recovery.

If all goes according to plan, the Long Blondes will launch a UK/Euro club tour on February 9. As previously reported, they'll spend several nights opening for the Kaiser Chiefs.

Alas, there is still no word on an American release for the Long Blondes album. (Come on, people!) But you can get a few Long Blondes tracks on the new What's Your Rupture? compilation Imagine the Shapes.

CD tracklist:

01 Giddy Stratospheres
02 Giddy Stratospheres (radio edit)
03 All Bar One Girls
04 Giddy Stratospheres (video)

7" one:

A: Giddy Stratospheres
B: Never to Be Repeated

7" two:

A: Giddy Stratospheres (radio edit)
B: I'm Coping...

Download:

01 Giddy Stratospheres
02 Never to Be Repeated
03 Giddy Stratospheres (Caveman remix)

Dates (all with the Lodger):

02-09 London, England - Scala (Popstarz)
02-10 Brighton, England - Old Market *
02-12 Leeds, England - Metropolitan University #
02-13 Hull, England - Welly Club #
02-14 Edinburgh, Scotland - Liquid Rooms
02-16 Preston, England - 53 Degrees ^
02-17 Middlesbrough, England - Empire #
02-18 Manchester, England - Academy 2 #
02-19 Birmingham, England - Irish Centre #
02-20 London, England - Astoria (NME Awards) %
02-21 Manchester, England - Apollo &
02-23 Wolverhampton, England - Civic &
02-24 Nottingham, England - Rock City #
02-26 Newcastle, England - Academy &
02-27 Norwich, England - Waterfront *
02-28 Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms #
03-03 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire &
03-06 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy &
03-09 Cardiff, Wales - University &
03-13 Brussels, Belgium - Orangerie Botanique
03-14 Munster, Germany - Gleis 22
03-15 Utrecht, the Netherlands - Tivoli
03-16 Groningen, the Netherlands - Vera
03-18 Oslo, Norway - John Dee
03-19 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
03-20 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
03-21 Berlin, Germany - Lido
03-23 Dresden, Germany - Star Club
03-24 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken
03-25 Zurich, Switzerland - Mascotte
03-26 Bologna, Italy - Covo
03-28 Clermont, France - La Coope
03-29 Paris, France - La Trabendo
04-11 Vienna, Austria - Arena
04-12 Mayrhofen, Austria - Snowbombing
05-12 London, England - Kentish Town Forum @

* with Wet Dog
# with Navvy
^ with Downdime
% with Brakes, Fields, These New Puritans
& with Kaiser Chiefs, the Pigeon Detectives
@ with Maximo Park