Doves Deny Band Will Split After Compilation Tour

Posted on Apr 6th 2010 6:45AM by Farah Ishaq

Mancunian trio Doves -- who release a new double-disc compilation 'The Places Between: The Best of Doves' this week -- have denied a recent rumour they were about to split up after their 2010 tour.

Guitarist Jez Williams -- who founded the band with his twin brother Andy and singer Jimi Goodwin -- told the Observer newspaper on Sunday, April 4, that he had been misquoted after media reports that their forthcoming tour would "probably" be their last.

He said, "It is our last tour for a bit. I never said forever."

Andy Williams said, "I was like, 'The band are splitting up!? No one told me.'"

The band's UK tour to promote 'The Places Between' kicks off at Hull's City Hall on April 28. After that, the band are due to headline a handful of festivals, including Suffolk's Thetford Forest on June 12 and this year's Green Man festival on Aug. 20 alongside the Flaming Lips and Joanna Newsom.

The band's compilation spans their 12-year career, and as the documentary video Spinner featured last week shows, their platinum-selling and Mercury Prize nominated debut album 'Lost Souls' was not an easy album to make.

Catch the not-splitting-up Doves play highlights from their career at the following venues from the end of the month:

Hull City Hall, England (April 28)
Leicester De Montfort Hall, England (April 29)
Glasgow O2 Academy, Scotland (May 1)
King George's Hall Blackburn, England (May 2)
Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall, England (May 4)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall, England (May 5)
London Troxy, England (May 6)
Liverpool University, England (May 7)
Bradford St George's Hall, England (May 9)