Hope Of The States return to Ireland

Having gone down a proverbial storm at Oxegen, Hope Of The States return for a brace of shows at Mandela Hall, Belfast (October 17) and Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin (18).

Ahead of that comes the August 16 release of 'Nehemiah', the second single to be lifted from their rather nifty The Last Riots album, which was partially assembled in Westmeath's Grouse Lodge Studios.