The Automatic tour history

NME New Music Tour 2006 (May 6th/May 24th 2006)

Location	Date
Bristol University	May 6
Cardiff University	May 7
Wolverhampton Wulfrun	May 8
Glasgow QMU	May 10
Middlesbrough Empire	May 11
Manchester University	May 12
Portsmouth Pyramid	May 14
Leicester University	May 15
Cambridge Junction	May 16
Norwich UEA	May 18
Sheffield Leadmill	May 19
Liverpool Carling Academy	May 20
Oxford Brookes University	May 23
London Electric Ballroom	May 24

Notes

NME New Music Tour 2006, appearing with Boy Kill Boy, ¡Forward, Russia!, Howling Bells and The Long Blondes.

T4 On The Beach (June 18th 2006)

Event	Location	Date
T4 on the Beach 2006	Weston-super-Mare	June 18th 2006

In 2006, the band were a headlining act for 'T4 on the Beach, they performed along with Pop-Rock act The All American Rejects, and Pop act Lily Allen, and a number of other acts. At the end of which Robin Hawkins gives away the bass guitar he has been using for the performance. Similarly to there GMTV performance they were forced to mime, again leading to the band playing whilst drunk, however this time not as much destruction was caused by the band mates.

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Oxygen Festival (July 8th 2006)

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T In The Park Main Stage

T In The Park (July 9th 2006)

Event	Location	Date
T In The Park	Futures Stage	July 9th 2006

The festival held in Balado, Kinross-shire, Scotland. Other artists featured on the Futures Stage on the Sunday included Boy Kill Boy, The Fratellis, Milburn, Phoenix, Lily Allen, Brakes, The Maccabees, The Marshals, Fear of Music and Rushmore.

Wakestock Festival (July 15th 2006)

Event	Location	Date
Wakestock Festival		July 15th 2006

Nokia Unleashed Festival (August 4th 2006)

Event	Location	Date
Nokia Unleashed Festival		August 4th 2006

Cardiff Big Weekend (August 5th 2006)

Event	Location	Date
Cardiff Big Weekend		August 5th 2006

Canterbury Electric Garden Festival (August 5th 2006)

Event	Location	Date
Canterbury Electric Garden Festival		August 5th 2006

Reading & Leeds Festivals (August 26th/August 27th 2006)

Location	Date
Reading Festival Radio 1 Stage	August 26
Leeds Festival Radio 1 Stage	August 27

Notes

Fellow Welshmen Goldie Lookin Chain joined the band on stage in Reading to perform a cover of Kanye West's "Gold Digger", which was first played on Radio 1's Live Lounge.

NME Awards Indie Rock Tour (January 29th/February 23rd 2007)

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The Automatic, The View, The Horrors and Mumm-Ra on stage at NME Indie rock tour 2007

Location	Date
Belfast Ulster Hall	January 29
Dublin Ambassador Theatre	January 30
Glasgow Carling Academy	February 1
Manchester Academy	February 3
Newcastle Carling Academy	February 6
Birmingham Carling Academy	February 7
Norwich University of East Anglia	February 8
Cardiff University	February 10
Sheffield Octagon	February 11
Reading Hexagon	February 12
Nottingham Rock City	February 14
Liverpool University	February 15
Southampton Guildhall	February 16
Cambridge Corn Exchange	February 18
Exeter University	February 19
Bristol Carling Academy	February 20
London Brixton Academy	February 23

Notes

In 2007, The Automatic headlined the NME Awards Indie Rock Tour, along with Scottish band The View, The Horrors and Mumm-Ra. The Automatic have recently voiced their opinion in NME on The Horrors saying "they've just got big hair", however, The Horrors have recently said this feud has been resolved after the Automatic insisted on a game of 'paper, scissors, stone'. On February 2 The Automatic gave The View the opportunity to headline the NME indie rock concert at Carling Academy in Glasgow.They have showcased two new songs "Steve McQueen" and "Revolution" as well as a new cover of "Life During Wartime" originally by The Talking Heads.

Give It A Name (April 30 2007)

Location	Date
Earls Court	April 30 2007

Performing for the London concert only with AFI, Jimmy Eat World, Sparta, Hit the Lights, The Receiving End of Sirens, Boys Like Girls, Attack In Black

The Full Ponty (26 May 2007)

Location	Date
The Full Ponty Main Stage	26 May 2007

Other bands on the Main Stage at The Full Ponty music festival 2007;

• Lostprophets
• Reel Big Fish
• The Blackout

Rock Ness Festival (June 10 2007)

Location	Date
Rock Ness Festival	Sunday June 10

Other bands at Rock Ness Festival 2007 main stage;

• Manic Street Preachers
• The Feeling

Glastonbury Festival (June 22 2007)

Location	Date
Glastonbury Festival Other Stage	Friday June 22 2007

Other bands on the "other stage" at Glastonbury Festival;

• Björk
• Arcade Fire
• Rufus Wainwright
• The Coral
• Super Furry Animals
• Bright Eyes
• Modest Mouse
• The Cribs
• Reverend & The Makers
• Mr Hudson & The Library

Vans Warped Tour (June 29/July 24 2007)

The Automatic on the Vans Warped Tour.

Location	Date
Pomona Fairgrounds U.S. Cali Pomona	June 29 2007
Seaside Park U.S. Cali Ventura	June 30 2007
Shoreline Amphitheatre U.S. Cali San Francisco	July 1 2007
Thunderbird Stadium Canada Vancouver	July 3 2007
Race City Speedway Canada Alberta Calgary	July 5 2007
Utah State Fairgrounds U.S. Utah Salt Lake City	July 7 2007
Invesco Field Mile High U.S. Colorado Denver	July 8 2007
Cricket Pavilion U.S. Arizona Phoenix	July 11 2007
NMSU Practise Field U.S. New Mexico Las Cruces	July 12 2007
Verizon Amphitheatre U.S. Texas San Antonio	July 18 2007
Reynolds Park Yacht Club U.S. Florida Jacksonville	July 19 2007
Vinoy Park U.S. Florida Tampa	July 15 2007
Bicentennial Park U.S. Florida Miami	July 21 2007
Tinker Field U.S. Florida Orlando	July 22 2007
Verizon Amphitheatre U.S. North Carolina Charlotte	July 23 2007
Verizon Amphitheatre U.S. North Carolina Charlotte	July 24 2007

USA Headline Tour (July 26/August 8 2007)

Location	Date
New York NY Bowery Ballroom	July 26
Hartford CT Sweet Janes	July 27
Washington DC Rock N Roll Hotel	July 28
Boston MA Great Scotts	July 30
Philadelphia PA Northstar	July 31
Toronto Mod Club	August 1
Detroit MI Shelter	August 3
Chicago IL Subterranean	August 4
Grand Rapids MI Intersection	August 6
Columbus OH Basement	August 7
Cincinnati OH 20th Century Theatre	August 8

This was the first headlining tour in the United States by the band.

Get Loaded In The Park (August 26 2007)

Location	Date
Get Loaded In The Park (Clapham Common, London)	Saturday August 26 2007

Pennie performed for the final time with his former band mates.

2008 Club Tour (March 28 - April 29 2008)

Venue	Location	Date	Support acts
Cavern	Exeter	2 April 2008	Viva Machine
Arts Centre	Gloucester	3 April 2008
Soundhaus	Northampton	5 April 2008
Sugarmill	Stoke	6 April 2008
Fibbers	York	7 April 2008
Academy	Liverpool	8 April 2008
Doghouse	Dundee	10 April 2008
Raigmore	Inverness	11 April 2008
Cafe Drummond	Aberdeen	12 April 2008
Cockpit	Leeds	14 April 2008
The Welly	Hull	15 April 2008
The Palace	Tamworth	16 April 2008
Cornerhouse (Sumo)	Middlesborough	18 April 2008
Charlotte	Leicester	19 April 2008
Arts Centre	Norwich	20 April 2008	Viva Machine & Canterbury
Club 85	Hitchin	21 April 2008
Audio	Brighton	23 April 2008
Chinnerys	Southend	24 April 2008
Wedgewood Rooms	Portsmouth	26 April 2008
White Rabbit	Plymouth	28 April 2008
The Point	Cardiff	29 April 2008

The performances at The Blake Theatre in Monmouth on the 28 March, Central Station in Wrexham on the 29 March, The Galleri in Caernarfon on 30 March, Brycheiniog Theatre in Brecon 31 March 2008 were all re-scheduled after the band required further time to rehearse there new and old songs. At the first date of the tour (Exeter Cavern) the band opened with a new song to open the tour, tittled "Light Entertainment".

Rocklouder Magazine were given a place for one of their journalists to tour with the bands (The Automatic, Viva Machine, Canterbury), being one of the first websites (other than fan filmed videos on Youtube) to broadcast footage of the band with there new lineup featuring Paul Mullen.