Richmond Fontaine have announced details of a 15-date UK and Irish tour to start in February. The alt-country rockers are playing in support of a highly anticipated new album “Thirteen Cities” released the same month. This is Richmond Fontaine’s seventh album and sees the band leave their native Portland, Oregon, for the dry desert climate of Tucson, Arizona. “Thirteen Senses” has been produced and recorded at Wavelab Studios, where Calexico, Giant Sand (who both contribute on the album), Neko Case, Steve Wynn, have also recorded. You can catch the ‘Taine at the following venues early next year: Bedford, Esquires (February 10) Winchester, Railway (11) Brighton, Audio (12) London, Dingwalls (13) Bristol, St Bonaventures (14) Leicester, The Musician (15) Dublin, Whelans (16) Cork, Cyprus Ave (17) Galway, Roison Dubh (18) Manchester Academy 3 (20) Leeds, The New Roscoe (21) Glasgow ABC2 (22) Newcastle Cluny (23) Nottingham, Maze (24) Norwich, Arts Centre (25) To find out more about the new album and shows, click here to go to Richmond Fontaine’s homepage