Portishead have revealed the title their third album, along with details of a string of European shows throughout the spring.
The aptly-titled 'Third' is due for release on April 14 and will run over 49 minutes across 11 tracks. The set comes 10 years after second self-titled release, with a number of new tracks given a live airing during their recent headline performance at the ATP festival in December.
Their European tour opens on March 26th in Portugal, and runs through until May 29th with a show at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona on May 29th. During that time they'll have visited Italy, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, The UK, France and Belgium, with a headline performance at California's Coachella wedged in late April.
The UK shows include smaller intimate club shows, at London's Hammersmith Apollo, Edinburgh Corn Exchange and Wolverhampton Civic Centre. Here's the dates in full:
March 2008
26 Coliseum, Oporto, Portugal
27 Coliseum, Lisbon, Portugal
30 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
31 Sashall, Florence, Italy
April
02 Tonhalle, Munich, Germany
03 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
04 KB Halle, Copenhagen, Denmark
06 Palladium, Cologne, Germany
07 HMH, Amsterdam, Netherlands
09 Apollo, Manchester, England
10 Hammersmith Apollo, London, England
12 Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland
13 Civic Centre, Wolverhampton, England
26 Coachella Festival, California
May
05 Zenith, Paris, France
08 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
29 Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain
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