Post punks White Lies Announce Wembley Arena show White Lies are very, very good at what they do – 4/5 album of the week Sunday Times There’s greatness here – 4/5 Q The album delivers on the promise – 4/5 Mojo It’s really quite difficult not to be impressed by them – 4/5 Time Out Astoundingly assured – 4.5/5 The Fly White Lies have announced details of their biggest U.K. headline show to date. They play London’s prestigious Wembley Arena on Saturday 17th December 2011. Tickets for the show are priced at £23.50 and go on sale at 9am on May 27th via www.whitelies.com/tickets The Wembley show marks a significant jump for the band who have already enjoyed a very fruitful 12 months. Last year saw them play U.K and European stadium support slots with Muse and U.S. arena shows alongside Kings Of Leon. In the first few months of this year the band have played U.S. and U.K. headline tours (including two sold-out nights at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire and a New York Terminal 5 show) and made high-profile Stateside TV appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The next three months sees them appear at most of the major Summer festivals and once again play main support on the Kings of Leon U.K. and European stadium tour. Their current list of U.K. dates is as follows: MAY 28th Slane Slane Castle * 30th Coventry Ricoh Arena * JUNE 17th Sunderland Stadium of Light * 18th Llanelli Beach Break Live 19th Manchester Lancashire C.C.C * 22nd London Hyde Park * 23rd London Hyde Park * 25th Pilton Glastonbury Festival (Other Stage) JULY 7th Coventry Kasbah 8th Balado T in the Park 13th London The Roundhouse (i-Tunes Festival) AUGUST 26th Reading Reading Festival (NME / Radio 1 Stage) 27th Leeds Leeds Festival (NME / Radio 1 Stage) DECEMBER 17th London Wembley Arena
