the band played uk warm-up dates from early june. they went on to play five festival dates in the summer – bilbao bbk live, culura quente festival, japanese festival fuji rock, norway's pulpit rock festival and the itunes festival in london, along with two one-off dates – one in london and one in spain. further uk dates and a european tour followed in the autumn. the band then rounded off the tour commitments for the year with two final performances in november, one at leicester university and another at the netherlands' crossing borders festival.