The Waves is available to purchase now through iTunes and will be released on special limited edition 7” (RUG488) on 22nd October 2012. The 7” single, limited to an edition of 500 worldwide, comes on heavy weight vinyl in a deluxe fold out cruciform sleeve. The B-side is Memoir, a song originally written by Conor O’Brien for Charlotte Gainsbourg, now recorded for the first time by Villagers.

Villagers Announce Headline Shows. Full dates with ticket links are below, with newly added headline shows in bold:

OCTOBER

Wed 17 UK, Gateshead,

Thu 18 UK, Manchester

Sat  20 UK, Glasgow

Sun 21 UK, Coventry

Mon 22 UK, London

Tues  23 UK, London

Fri  26 Norway, Oslo

Sat 27 Sweden, Stockholm

Sun 28 Denmark, Copenhagen

Tue 30 Germany, Hamburg

Wed 31 Germany, Berlin

NOVEMBER

Fri 2 Germany, Koln

Sun 4 Belgium, Brussels

Tues  6 Holland, Amsterdam

Wed 7  France, Paris

Sun  11  N Ireland, Belfast

Tue  13 Ireland, Dublin,

* = as special guests to Grizzly Bear