The View have announced plans to embark on a UK tour in April.

The Dundee group will play 13 dates, kicking off in their hometown on April 4.

Other gigs are scheduled for Nottingham (April 15), London (20) and Bristol (21), before the tour concludes in Coventry on April 21.

The View release their new album ‘Bread And Circuses’ on March 14.

Meanwhile, the band are set to play London’s Old Blue Last on February 1 and 2.

Tickets for their UK tour go on sale on Friday (February 4).

The View’s UK tour dates are:

• Dundee, Caird Hall - April 4
• Aberdeen, Music Hall - 5
• Glasgow, Barrowlands - 6
• Sheffield, Leadmill - 9
• Leeds, Cockpit - 10
• Manchester, Academy 2 - 11
• Nottingham, Rescue Rooms - 15
• Birmingham, Academy - 16
• Norwich, Waterfront - 17
• Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms - 18
• London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire - 20
• Bristol, Fleece - 21
• Coventry, Kasbah - 21

(by Jason Gregory)