Thrilling stuff

Dublin pure poppers The Thrills drum up trade for their Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far Away) EP with an orgy of live shows.

Kicking off on December 4 at the Liverpool Bandwagon, the UK and Irish trek then takes in The Social, Nottingham (5); Louisiana, Bristol (6); Barfly, Glasgow (8); Little Civic, Wolverhampton (9); Cockpit, Leeds (10); Night And Day, Manchester (11); Spirit Store, Dundalk (January 14); Auntie Annie's, Belfast (15); Nerve Centre, Derry (16); Cleere's, Kilkenny (17); and The Lobby, Cork (18).

The Virgin recording artistes are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut album in Los Angeles with 'Till The Tide', 'Creeps In', 'One Horse Town' and 'Bigsur' among the classics-in-the-making.