THE XCERTS’ story began around the turn of the century when then 13-year-olds Murray MacLeod (vocals, guitar) and Jordan Smith (bass, vocals) met in the headmaster’s office of their school in Aberdeen. In 2006 they relocated to Brighton and met drummer and Exeter exile Tom Heron, where the line-up of THE XCERTS was finalised. After a barrage of dates with Future of the left, Bat for Lashes, Biffy Clyro, Make Model, Cage the Elephant, Brakes, Get Cape.Wear Cape. Fly and Fighting with Wire and recent supports with Enter Shikari and Feeder, THE XCERTS are gearing up for recording their debut full length album late summer with producer Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers / Idlewild) . They’re a double edged sword of ferocious guitar and dainty, poetic words - a distorted pop band who fuse the influences of fellow countrymen Idlewild and Biffy Clyro with the thoughtful approach to songwriting of old school ‘emo’ bands like Jimmy Eat World and Bright Eyes. With support from Radio 1, XFM, MTV2, Rock Sound and !Kerrang, and a work ethic of epic proportions with a live show to match, these are exciting times for the Aberdeen / Exeter and Brighton based trio. “Nothing short of astonishing” - !Kerrang “Ludicrously Punchy” – Steve Lamacq “’The Xcerts are going to be making big strides in 2008” - Drowned in Sound Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘In The Cold Wind We Smile’ The Xcerts can now reveal plans for their next single. ‘Just Go Home’ will be released on 8th June through Xtra Mile Recordings as a download on iTunes and all major DSPs. Fans who purchase ‘Just Go Home’ in the week of release are eligible for an additional free live track recorded at the band’s recent sold out Glasgow show and mixed by Dave Eringa (Idlewild, Manic Street Preachers,) who also produced the band’s debut album. For more information please see www.xtramilerecordings.com No strangers to the road, The Xcerts who spent a lot of last year touring with the likes of Get Cape, Wear Cape. Fly, Twin Atlantic, Feeder and Fight Like Apes will soon embark on a national tour supporting My Vitriol while stopping off at every festival along the way!

Dates below:

MAY
15th - Great Escape Festival
17th - Aberdeen Tunnels - Supporting My Vitriol
18th - Liverpool Barfly - Supporting My Vitriol
20th - Cardiff Barfly - Supporting My Vitriol
21st - Exeter The Hub - Supporting My Vitriol
22nd - Southampton Joiners - Supporting My Vitriol
23rd - Audio, Brighton
JUNE
5th - Herts Uni Summer Ball
6th - Hull Uni Summer Ball
20th - Lexapalooza Festival, London
24th - Southend Arts Festival
25th - Warwick Uni
JULY
3rd - Electric Bay, Perth
4th - Electric Bay, Perth
5th - Perth Music Festival, Perth
24th - Wickerman Festival (Solus Festival), Scotland
25th - Truck Festival
26th - Truck Festival
AUGUST
1st - Leopallooza Festival, Cornwall
30th - Beachdown Festival Brighton

The location of this arts and music festival helps it draw 90,000 revellers from around the world. Set in the lush Coachella valley surrounded by mountains that provide the stunning backdroptobandsperforming on the two stages. In stark contrast to Glastonbury, which may boast such a consistently strong line-up, temperatures soar as high as 38C and clouds are nonexistent. The indie rock and pop line-up at the 10-year-old festival features The Cure, Paul McCartney, The Killers, Morrissey, My Bloody Valentine, Amy Winehouse and Beirut.

Friday, April 17th
A Place To Bury Strangers ,Alberta Cross ,Bajofondo ,Beirut ,Buraka Som Sistema, Hercules and Love AffairCage the Elephant, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Craze and Klever , Crystal Castles, Dear and the Headlights, Felix da Housecat, Franz Ferdinand, Genghis Tron, Ghostland Observatory, Girl Talk, Gui Boratto ,Leonard Cohen , Los Campesinos! ,M. Ward, Molotov, Morrissey, N.A.S.A., Noah and the Whale, Patton & Rahzel, Paul McCartney, Peanut Butter Wolf, People Under the Stairs, Ryan Bingham, Silversun Pickups, Steve Aoki, Switch, The Crystal Method, The Aggrolites, The Airborne Toxic Event , The Black Keys, The Bug featuring Warrior Queen, The Courteeners, The Hold Steady, The Presets, The Ting Tings, We Are Scientists,White Lies (see picture)

Saturday, April 18th

Amanda Palmer, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti , Atmosphere , Band Of Horses , ,Billy Talent , Blitzen Trapper , Bob Mould Band, Booker T , Calexico, Cloud Cult , Crookers , Dr. Dog , Drive By Truckers , Drop The Lime , Electric Touch , Fleet Foxes Gang Gang Dance , Glass Candy , Glasvegas, Henry Rollins - spoken word , Hercules and Love Affair, Ida Maria , James Morrison, Jenny Lewis, Junior Boys, Liars , Mastodon, M.I.A , Michael Franti & Spearhead , MSTRKRFT, Surkin. Para One (Live), Superchunk , The Bloody Beetroots, The Chemical Brothers (DJ Set), The Killers, Thenewno2, Thievery Corporation, Tinariwen, TRV$DJ-AM, Turbonegro, TV On The Radio, Zane Lowe,
Zizek Club,

Sunday, April 19th

Antony and the Johnsons, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Busy P., Christopher Lawrence, Clipse, Devendra Banhart, Etienne De Crecy, Friendly Fires , Fucked Up , Groove Armada (DJ Set) , K’naan , Late of the Pier, Lupe Fiasco, Lykke Li, M.A.N.D.Y., Marshall Barnes,
Mexican Institute of Sound, My Bloody Valentine, No Age, Okkervil River, Paolo Nutini( see photo), Paul Weller, Perry Farrell, Peter Bjorn and John, Plump Djs, Public Enemy, Roni Size Reprazent, Sebastien Tellier, Shepard Fairey, Supermayer, The Cure, The Gaslight Anthem, The Horrors,
The Kills , The Knux, The Murder City Devils, The Night Marchers, The Orb, Themselves, Throbbing Gristle, Vivian Girls, X Yeah Yeah Yeah’s .

More info on Coachella

Play In-store Tour and hit Loch Ness for the Release of ‘In the Cold Wind We Smile’! Hot on the heels of the release of their mighty, anthemic single ‘Crisis in the Slow Lane’ The Xcerts can now confirm that they will be embarking on an in-store tour the week that their album ‘In The Cold Wind We Smile’ is released (30th March). Each show will be FREE, feature a live performance from the band and allow fans to get their copy of the band’s debut album signed.

The dates of the band ‘In The Cold Wind We Smile’ in-store tour are as follows:

MONDAY 30TH MARCH 4.00PM - 1UP, ABERDEEN
TUESDAY 31ST MARCH 5.00PM - FOPP, UNION STREET, GLASGOW
WEDNESDAY 1st APRIL 5.00PM - RISE, CHELTENHAM
THURSDAY 2ND APRIL 6.30PM - PURE GROOVE, LONDON
FRIDAY 3RD APRIL 6.00PM - BANQUET, KINGSTON

No strangers to the road, The Xcerts spent a lot of last year touring with the likes of Get Cape, Wear Cape. Fly, Twin Atlantic, Feeder and Fight Like Apes.

In addition to the band’s in-store tour The Xcerts will also continue their tireless touring schedule with additional dates (below), playing a very special intimate show on a boat on Loch Ness! Let’s hope Nessie knows a good Rock song when she hears one!

14th March - Shinkiba Studio Coast, British Anthems Festival, Tokyo (with The Fratellis)
28th March - The Ark, Edinburgh
29th March - A Boat, Loch Ness
30th March - The Tunnels, Aberdeen
1st April - Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham
4th April - Glasgow Academy, Glasgow
7th April - Cargo (Club Attitude), London
15th April - Camden Barfly, London
17th April - Deaf Institute, Manchester
18th April - The Magnet, Liverpool
April 30th/May 1st - Hinterland Festival, Glasgow
20th June - Lexapalooza Festival, The Gaff, London
1st August - Leopallooza Cornwall (Festival)

More about The Xcerts.
With radio support from tastemaker DJs and press across the board The Xcerts are on the cusp of something big. Catch them in a venue near you now before they are filling arenas!

THE XCERTS’ story began around the turn of the century when then 13-year-olds Murray MacLeod (vocals, guitar) and Jordan Smith (bass, vocals) met in the headmaster’s office of their school in Aberdeen. In 2006 they relocated to Brighton and met drummer and Exeter exile Tom Heron, where the line-up of THE XCERTS was finalised.

After a barrage of dates with Future of the left, Bat for Lashes, Biff Clyro, Make Model, Cage the Elephant, Brakes, Get Cape.Wear Cape. Fly and Fighting with Wire and recent supports with Enter Shikari and Feeder, THE XCERTS are gearing up for recording their debut full length album late summer with producer Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers / Idlewild) .

They’re a double edged sword of ferocious guitar and dainty, poetic words - a distorted pop band who fuse the influences of fellow countrymen Idlewild and Biffy Clyro with the thoughtful approach to songwriting of old school ‘emo’ bands like Jimmy Eat World and Bright Eyes.

With support from Radio 1, XFM, MTV2, Rock Sound and !Kerrang, and a work ethic of epic proportions with a live show to match, these are exciting times for the Aberdeen / Exeter and Brighton based trio.

“Nothing short of astonishing” - !Kerrang
“Ludicrously Punchy” – Steve Lamacq
“’The Xcerts are going to be making big strides in 2008” - Drowned in Sound

The Great Escape is thrilled to confirm the mighty Kasabian as headliners for this year’s event. Due to release their third, Dan the Automator produced, studio album in April, Kasabian will deliver a gilt edged salvo of brand new psychedelic funk, as well as songs cherry picked from their anthemic back catalogue. As a separately ticketed event, access is not guaranteed with a TGE wristband. Kasabian fans will be able to buy a Kasabian only ticket for £22.50 + booking fee and anyone attending The Great Escape can buy a 3-day TGE / Kasabian joint ticket for £62 + booking fee available through www.escapegreat.com

Joining Kasabian on the line up for Brighton’s premiere annual festival will be flower punksters The Black Lips, heavyweight indie-rap supergroup Mongrel, the folk-driven indie rock of Lightspeed Champion, electro-pop doyen and BBC Sound of 2009 winner Little Boots, Canadian groove juggernaut Holy Fuck and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man who have just released the 2nd of the EP trilogy, Opus 2 - Obscured by a Setting Sun.

Also playing this year’s landmark showcase event will be local bands British Sea Power and The Pipettes, plus Cage The Elephant, Chew Lips, Mika Miko, Beth Jeans Houghton, Screaming Tea Party, Artefacts For Space Travel, Apples, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Miserable Rich, Woodpigeon and The Arkells will all be travelling to southern shores for some serious gig action.

With all-girl garage rockers Ipso Facto, Betchadupa front-man Liam Finn, Melbourne’s The Temper Trap off-kilter popsters Everything Everything, The Invisible’s genre-hopping, the feedback-soaked S.C.U.M and Hunting The Minotaur’s dual riffage all also set to make appearances.

Ticket Info:
Tickets can be purchased www.escapegreat.com
Earlybird tickets are now available priced just £39.50
3-day TGE / Kasabian joint ticket for £62 + booking fee
A Kasabian only ticket is available for £22.50 + booking fee,
Hotel and travel bookings can also be made through the site.

Buy tickets here.

Full Confirmed Line Up So Far:
Kasabian / British Sea Power / The Black Lips / The Big Pink / Holy Fuck / Little Boots / The Chapman Family / Passion Pit / Lightspeed Champion / Metronomy / The Handsome Family / Future Of The Left / Johnny Foreigner / Danananakroyd / The Joy Formidable / Chew Lips / To The Bones / Kasms / Your Twenties / Esser / Pulled Apart By Horses / The Soft Pack / Cage The Elephant / Kissy Sellout / The Pipettes / VV Brown / Lets Wrestle / Official Secrets Act / Televised Crimewave / Golden Silvers / Ben Kweller / Beth Jeans Houghton / Micachu and the Shapes / The Invisible / Ox. Eagle. Lion. Man. / It Hugs Back / Screaming Tea Party / Artefacts for Space Travel / Vivian Girls / The Pains of Being Pure of Heart / The Miserable Rich / Woodpigeon / Beast / A Grave With No Name / Yves Klein Blue / The John Steel Singers / Middle Class Rut / The Arkells / An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump / Fanzine / Cassie & The Cassettes / Ipso Facto / S.C.U.M / Hunting the Minotaur / Apples / Mika Miko