Heavy Welsh six-piece The Blackout have just announced plans to play Dublin, Cork and Belfast in April. The band begin their short stint when they play Cork’s Cyprus Avenue on Friday April 1. They then take to the Academy stage in the capital on Saturday April 2 before wrapping things up with an over 14s matinee show at the Speakeasy Belfast on Sunday April 3.

Tickets for the Academy show are priced at €18.50 including booking fee and go on sale Monday December 20 at 9am from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide and on [link]www.ticketmaster.ie[/link].

Posting on Twitter a few weeks ago, the band stated that their upcoming third album has been recorded with mixing about to commence. The album is due out in late February/early March so expect plenty of new material at the April shows.