They play Belfast on November 12 and Dublin the following night.
Ahead of that the Seattle outfit nail their political colours to Barack Obama’s mast by playing this weekend’s Democratic Party National Convention in Colorado.
Also lending their support to his campaign are the likes of Kanye West, N*E*R*D, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, The Pharcyde, Method Man, Cool Kids, Wyclef Jean and Willie Nelson.