The elusive Rice will play his first shows in the UK for three years, appearing at the London Hammersmith Apollo on March 27, Wolverhampton's Civic Hall on the 29, the Manchester Apollo on the 30 and Edinburgh's Usher Hall on the 31.
The album 9 was released earlier this month, hitting number one in Ireland, and the first single, '9 Crimes' will hit stores November 27.