Hot on the heels of his announcement that Villagers' debut long player 'Becoming A Jackal' will be released in the US, frontman Conor O'Brien has confirmed that he will be playing a solo tour to support the launch.

The five date tour, which which will take in the US East coast, will begin on Union Hall, Brooklyn (June 17) and continue with dates in Armory Cafe, Boston (19); DC9, Washington DC (21); First Unitarian Church,, Philadelphia (22) and Joe's Pub, New York on June 23.

After this it will be straight on a plane for Conor who is playing the Marquee, Cork with Midlake, Camera Obscura and Grizzly Bear on June 25.

It's a busy time for the Villagers frontman who also appeared on Jools Holland recently and here are those performances.