X-Factor winner Matt Cardle in Bristol

The tour so far has sold over 30,000 tickets and it will be a great chance for people to hear the voice and see the man that swept the competition away on X-Factor.

Dates: 28-Feb-12, Rhyl , Pavilion 29-Feb-12, Rhyl , Pavilion 1-Mar-12, York, Barbican 3-Mar-12, Cambridge, Corn Exchange 4-Mar-12, Oxford, Apollo New Theatre 5-Mar-12, Birmingham, Symphony Hall 7-Mar-12, Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 8-Mar-12, Bournemouth, Academy 10-Mar-12, Swindon, Oasis 11-Mar-12, Portsmouth, Guildhall 12-Mar-12, Southend, Cliffs Pavilion 14-Mar-12, Liverpool, Philharmonic 15-Mar-12, Glasgow, Academy 16-Mar-12, Newcastle, City Hall 18-Mar-12, Belfast, Waterfront 22-Mar-12, Manchester, Apollo 24-Mar-12, Cardiff, St Davids 25-Mar-12, Bristol, Colston Hall 26-Mar-12, Plymouth, Pavilion 28-Mar-12, Brighton, Dome 29-Mar-12, London, HMV Hammersmith Apollo Spector’s Bristol date Spector in Bristol Spector’s upcoming single ‘Chevy Thunder’, is released on February 27 and you can get a chance to hear it in Bristol in February.

Already a firm live favourite from 2011’s festival appearance and recent Jools Holland performance, Chevy Thunder is inspired by a star crossed romance derailed by prescription drug abuse and mechanophilia.

The release will feature a video shot on location in the wastelands of Southern California by L.A luminaries, Focus Creeps (Arctic Monkeys, Girls, Vitamin Water).

As Spector move into 2012 they look back on their phenomenal eleven month career which has taken them from a debut show in a Stoke Newington basement to a place on the BBC Sound Poll, the number 2 spot on NME’s New Bands of 2012, their own headline national dates and an ever increasing loyal fanbase including artists such as Tom Vek, Florence Welch and Harry Styles.

Spector are currently on tour - tour dates: Feb 11– Coventry, Kasbah Feb 14 – Newcastle, The Cluny Feb 15 - Glasgow, King Tuts Feb 16 – Leeds, Cockpit 2 Feb 17 – York, The Duchess Feb 18 – Manchester, Deaf Institute Feb 21 – Oxford, Jericho Tavern Feb 22 – Liverpool, The Kazimier Feb 23 – Birmingham, The Rainbow Feb 24 – Bristol, Louisiana Feb 25 – Brighton, Green Door Store March 1 – London, 100 Club Book the 2:54 Having toured with The Maccabees in October, the 2:54 will be supporting The Big Pink on their UK tour, coming to the Thekla in Bristol on February 8. A perilous ride into a foreboding, enchanting dreamscape, London-based sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow - otherwise known as 2:54- have delivered one of the most thrilling releases of the year in the form of debut 4-track EP, 'Scarlet'.

The band headed out on their own tour in November to celebrate the EP's release -culminating in their biggest headline show to date at London's Corsica Studios - and then as main support to The Big Pink on their highly-anticipated comeback tour, by personal invitation of the band.

Having cast quite a spell over audiences while touring with the likes of Warpaint, Wild Beasts, Melissa Auf der Maur and Yuck, as well as many festival slots this year, anticipation is high surrounding their return to the road this winter.

Time is ripe for Rotten BBC Sound Of 2012 tip Dot Rotten is breaking out from the grime scene, producing himself entirely and opting against featuring other artists – and he’s in Bristol at the start of March.

While his set up single ‘Keep It On A Low’ was added to Radio 1's ‘In New Music We Trust’ playlist, his new single ‘Are You Not Entertained’ (out March 5, Mercury Records) looks set to announce the savvy 22 year-old to a wider listening audience. It was already Zane’s ‘Hottest Record In The World’ recently and support from Nick Grimshaw at Radio 1 and all two months before release.

Before the release he is supporting Labrinth on his UK tour and will be coming to the Bristol 02 Academy on March 1.

Landing a job at Saxon studios gave him an opportunity to master his skills as a producer engineer, and has cuts already with Spark, Griminal, Ghetts, Maxsta, P Money, Tinie Tempah and Wiley. Dates: 23-Feb-12 Birmingham HMV Institute 24-Feb-12 Liverpool 02 Academy 25-Feb-12 Manchester Academy 2 26-Feb-12 Glasgow 02 ABC 28-Feb-12 Leeds Met Uni 29-Feb-12 Oxford 02 Academy 1-Mar-12 Bristol 02 Academy 2-Mar-12 Cardiff Solus 4-Mar-12 Norwich UEA 5-Mar-12 London Koko 8-Mar-12 Brighton Concorde 2 The best of Goldfrapp Genre-smashing musical pioneers Goldfrapp are set to release ‘The Singles’ on February 7 through Astralwerks records.

The album is a career-spanning overview featuring tracks from their five critically acclaimed albums, alongside two brand new songs written especially for this release: “Yellow Halo” a slow building synth-pop wonder, and the introspective and defiant new wave ballad “Melancholy Sky”.

The video for “Yellow Halo” is live now on YouTube.

Goldfrapp has explored a range of musical styles in their songs, although many songs are characterised by Alison Goldfrapp's distinctive breathy, soft soprano vocals and Will Gregory's multi-layered synthesizer and string arrangements.

‘The Singles’ is the first compilation from the band, taking in the captivating electronic balladry of the Mercury-nominated debut album ‘Felt Mountain’, the distorted dancefloor follow-up ‘Black Cherry’, the glitterball glamour of the Grammy nominated, worldwide million selling dance pop of ‘Supernature’, the critically acclaimed electro-folk of ‘Seventh Tree’ and last year’s Grammy nominated album, the hands-in-the-air, retro-futuristic ‘Head First’.

Bristol is the Answer Irish rockers The Answer are heading out on the road again and will be coming to the Bristol Academy 2 on March 16.

Their new single is out on February 20 titled ‘Nowhere Freeway’ and is taken from the quartet’s latest, third studio album ‘Revival’. The song – a duet with Saint Jude vocalist Lynne Jackaman – is the follow up to the ‘Vida (I Want You)’ single, and will be available as a three-track digital download.

The full track-listing will be:- 1) Nowhere Freeway (feat. Lynne Jackaman) 2) Battlecry (a previously unreleased studio recording, originally put to tape during the ‘Revival’ sessions in the US but only recently finished off) 3) Nowhere Freeway (live acoustic – iTunes bonus track ) Tracks 1 + 2 are produced by Chris ‘Frenchie’ Smith and mixed by Chris Sheldon.

The Answer have filmed a video for ‘Nowhere Freeway’, with Lynne Jackaman taking a guest role.

On the live front, the band recently completed a run of dates in Europe special guesting with Whitesnake, and they will shortly be departing for a series of European headline shows, which will see them visiting Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Greece.

After this, they fly to Japan for a headline appearance in Tokyo, before heading out on a full tour of the UK and Ireland alongside The Union, with The Answer closing all of the shows; these are as follows (March dates):- 2nd – Dublin, Whelan’s 3rd – Belfast, Mandela Hall 4th – Cork, Cyprus Avenue 6th – Leeds, Cockpit 7th – Glasgow, Garage 8th – Aberdeen, Lemon Tree 10th – Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall 11th – Nottingham, Rock City 12th – Newcastle, 02 Academy 13th- Manchester, Academy 2 15th – London, Electric Ballroom 16th – Bristol, Academy 2 17th – Brighton, Concorde 2 An opening act for the tour will be announced shortly.