Having kicked off their thirteen-date UK tour today in Cambridge, The Saw Doctors will be playing four Irish dates before the year is out.

Their Irish tour takes in Belfast’s Ulster Hall (December 27), Dublin’s Olympia Theatre (28) and Killarney’s National Entertainment Centre (30) ahead of their New Year’s Eve spectacular in the Black Box Theatre, Galway.

Expect to hear a healthy mix of old classics and new tracks like ‘Going Home’ and ‘Teenage Electric’. Hot Press also advises fans to listen out for one "very naughty" new Christmas song, courtesy of Davy.

The globetrotting types that they are, January sees The Saw Doctors undertake a week-long tour of the Middle East, and is followed in March by a coast-to-coast tour of the US.

The New Year also sees the Tuam lads release a Saw Doctors Live in Galway DVD (including documentary) and live CD. For more detailed information and tracklistings for these releases, check out www.sawdoctors.com