Girls have announced details of a brief UK and Ireland tour for 2010.

The San Francisco band come to these shores for seven shows in February and March.

The dates are part of a much larger European tour which sees them bring their imaginatively titled debut 'Album' to the masses.

They play:

• Brighton Audio – February 22
• Southampton Talking Heads – 25
• Lancaster Library – 26
• Glasgow Stereo – 27
• Dublin Whelans – March 1
• Manchester Deaf Insitute – 2
• Birmingham Hare & Hounds – 3

(by Scott Colothan)