Bilk have confirmed their largest UK and European tour to date

Bilk have confirmed a huge new headline tour.

The dates are in support of the Essex group's second album 'Essex, Drugs and Rock and Roll', due on 24th January via Scruff of the Neck.

Frontman Sol Abrahams describes the album's content, saying, "The album sums up where I'm at in my life at the moment which is everything from being in a band to partying, relationships, love, drugs, sex and a load of stories and experiences I've picked up and written about along the way. I think it's the most exciting thing about in band music right now."

Their largest headline tour to date, the run includes a London show at the Electric Ballroom. The tour begins in February and continues through March, covering numerous UK cities before heading to Europe.

FEBRUARY
5 Bristol, Thekla
6 Cardiff, The Globe
7 London, Electric Ballroom
13 Manchester, Academy 2
14 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
15 Newcastle, Northumbria Students Union
16 Glasgow, SWG3 Warehouse
19 Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
20 Norwich, Arts Centre
21 Birmingham, O2 Academy 2
22 Southampton, Engine Shed

MARCH
3 Paris, La Boule Noire
4 Antwerp, Kavka Oudaan
5 Rotterdam, Rotown
7 Copenhagen, Ideal Bar @ Vega
8 Hamburg, Hebebuhne
9 Berlin, Privatclub
11 Warsaw, Klub Hydrozagadka
12 Krakow, Klub Gwarek
13 Prague, Café V lese
14 Vienna, Chelsea
15 Munich, Milla
16 Milan, Circolo Magnolia
26 Cork, Winthrop Avenue
27 Galway, Roisin Dubh
28 Belfast, Oh Yeah Music Centre
29 Dublin, The Workman's Club