The NME Awards Tour 2016 with Austin, Texas is gearing up to hit the road with a thrilling line-up headlined by Bloc Party. Joining the bill are Drenge, Rat Boy and Bugzy Malone who will tour the UK to take in 11 cities.
Returning British indie heroes Bloc Party headline the tour, giving fans the chance to see the band - who headlined Latitude Festival in 2013 - perform in the most intimate venues they’ll have played for some time. Alongside old favourites and bona fide classics, Bloc Party will be performing new songs from their forthcoming album HYMNS - due for release the day the tour kicks off - for the very first time.
Rowdy Sheffield-based band Drenge, who performed one of Glastonbury's most storming sets earlier this year, will bring the full-throttle force of their second album Undertow to the line-up.
Ensuring each night will be a raucous affair is one of indie's freshest faces Rat Boy, who broke on to the scene earlier this year with his wide-boy rap, fusing punk and hip-hop beats. Completing the bill is one of 2016's most hotly-tipped newcomers Bugzy Malone, the Manchester artist who is at the forefront of the revival of the UK grime scene.
The legendary NME Awards Tour is renowned for tipping who will be the next big thing and has famously featured Arctic Monkeys, The Killers and Florence + the Machine, before they were performing stadiums.
