Funeral For A Friend to rock Manchester

Manchester is set to host a major party to celebrate the release of the fourth studio album from Welsh post-hardcore bank Funeral For A Friend.

As part of an extensive national tour to coincide with the release of Memory And Humanity, the five-piece will perform at Manchester's Academy 2 venue on Friday October 24th.

The band - who's latest release follows up the Tales Don't Tell Themselves album - will also play gigs in Birmingham, London, Leeds and Preston during the 22-date tour which spans October, November and December.

Tickets for all dates on the national tour are on sale from today (Friday July 4th).

Earlier this week, Funeral for a Friend signed a new record deal with Roadrunner Records.

The agreement is likely to see the band go on major tours of south-east Asia and Australia over the coming year.

Drummer Ryan Richards said: "I can honestly say that Roadrunner Records were the label that got me into hard rock and heavy metal growing up."