The Last Shadow Puppets, the side project of Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner and Rascals singer Miles Kane, have announced their debut world tour.

The band's fifteen date jaunt will begin in Portsmouth on August 19th and includes performances at the Reading and Leeds festivals on August 22nd and 24th.

From there the duo, who topped the charts with their debut album earlier this year, will play a number of European dates before returning to the UK at the Academy in Glasgow on October 22nd.

Their UK dates will end at London's Hammersmith Apollo on October 26th.

Last Shadow Puppets tour dates are:

• Portsmouth, Guildhall – August 19
• Oxford, New Theatre - 20
• Leeds Festival - 22
• Reading Festival - 24
• Paris, Olympia - 26
• Stockholm – Circus – October 15
• Copenhagen – Vega Main Hall - 16
• Berlin – Tempodrome - 17
• Brussels – Cirque Royale - 19
• Amsterdam – Paradiso - 20
• Glasgow – Academy - 22
• Sheffield – City Hall - 23
• London – Hammersmith Apollo - 26
• New York, Grand Ballroom - 30
• Los Angeles, Mayan Theatre – November 3

(by Jason Gregory)