Frankie & The Heartstrings have announced details of a UK tour, which is due to take place next February.

The band will perform thirteen dates, starting at the Live Lounge in Durham on February 11 and concluding at Bristol's Fleece on February 27.

Meanwhile, Frankie & The Heartstrings are due to release their debut album 'Hunger' on February 21.

The record was produced by Edwyn Collins, who said it had been “amazing and magnificent to work with the wonders of Sunderland”.

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Frankie & The Heartstrings 2011 UK tour dates are:

• Durham, Live Lounge – February 11
• Middlesborough, The Empire – 12
• Newcastle, Cluny – 15
• Leeds, Cockpit – 16
• Manchester, Academy - 17
• York, Fibbers – 18
• Liverpool, James E Brown Room – 19
• London, Heaven – 21
• Oxford, The Cellar – 22
• Kingston Upon Thames, New Slang – 24
• Cardiff, Dempsey's – 25
• Birmingham, Academy 2 – 26
• Bristol, Fleece – 27

(by Jason Gregory)