Frank Turner has announced he will tour the UK in support of his new album ‘Be More Kind’.

Produced by Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block, formerly of psychedelic-rock Texans White Denim, and Charlie Hugall (Florence And The Machine/Halsey), his seventh studio album will be released on May 4th via Xtra Mile Recordings/Polydor Records.

Speaking of the new album, Frank Turner explained: “Somewhere in the record, there’s a convergence of the ideas of personal and political, which is a central theme of the album. One of the driving themes of the album is empathy, even for your enemy. You should at least be able to inhabit the mental universe of the people you disagree with. If you can’t do that, then how do you communicate with people other than through force of arms, which is something we all agree is a bad idea.”

To celebrate the release, Frank Turner will tour the UK in Spring 2018.

The full tour dates are as follows:

APRIL

13th MANCHESTER, Academy
15th DUBLIN, The Academy
18th BELFAST, The Limelight
20th ABERDEEN, The Garage
21st EDINBURGH, Liquid Room
22nd NEWCASTLE, O2 Academy
24th SHEFFIELD, O2 Academy
25th LIVERPOOL, O2 Academy
27th BRISTOL, O2 Academy
28th EXETER, University Great Hall
30th CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange

MAY
1st SOUTHAMPTON, Guildhall
2nd SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavilion
4th LEICESTER, O2 Academy
5th OXFORD, O2 Academy
8th HULL, City Hall
9th NORWICH, UEA

Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday 2nd February at 10am via https://FrankTurner.lnk.to/Tour.