EUROPE UK TOUR & PLANET ROCK PRESALE

Europe have announced the Balls ‘N’ Banners Tour 2011 and Planet Rock has a 48 hour pre-sale starting on Wednesday so that our listeners can get their hands on tickets ahead of anyone else.

The tour takes in shows in nine shows across the country, and kicks off on 17 February in Glasgow.

Europe vocalist Joey Tempest believes that it is the strength of the band’s last album that is responsible for their current success – "You can’t make this stuff up! Our latest CD "Last Look At Eden” has really turned things around for us.

"You have to remember... We're just five punks who grew up in the suburbs of Stockholm listening to British rock. Now here we are playing the iTunes festival and Sonisphere... It's absolutely mind-blowing.

"We're gonna bring something very special when we return to the U.K in February 2011, we're having the time of our lives right now and the audience will experience a Europe-camp that's ON FIRE!”

The Planet Rock Presale kicks off on Wednesday at 9am and runs until general sale on Friday at 9am.

All tickets are priced £17.50, with the exception of London (£18).

Here are the shows:

Glasgow O2 ABC - Thursday 17th February
Birmingham O2 Academy - Friday 18th February
London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire - Saturday 19th February
Oxford O2 Academy - Monday 21st February
Bournemouth O2 Academy - Tuesday 22nd February
Bristol O2 Academy - Wednesday 23rd February
Manchester Academy 2 - Friday 25th February
Leeds O2 Academy - Saturday 26th February
Newcastle O2 Academy - Sunday 27th February