Y&T confirm return to UK
Dave Meniketti and co to play 12 shows at end of year after successful documentary crowdfunding campaign

Y&T have confirmed a 12-date UK tour at the end of the year.
It’s the last leg of a wider European trek that kicked off in Spain and takes in Norway, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
The band just completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the making of a documentary – they secured nearly $59,000 after setting a $26,000 target.
Mainman Dave Meniketti said: “In the past we’d ask a record company or a big corporation for funding – and in exchange, sign away our rights and artistic control. But we can do it differently, and tell the story the way it should be told, uncut, with all the nitty-gritty, the stories you want to hear, in a film you want to see.”
Meniketti last month revealed the follow-up to 2010 album Facemelter wouldn’t appear until 2016 as a result of the band’s touring schedule.
Y&T UK tour dates
Oct 28: Southampton Brook
Oct 30: Bilston Robin 2
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Oct 31: London O2 Academy Islington
Nov 1: Cardiff Globe
Nov 3: Manchester Academy
Nov 5: Edinburgh Liquid Room
Nov 6: Newcastle O2 Academy
Nov 7: Nottingham Rock City
Nov 8: Buckley Tivoli
Nov 10: Dublin Opium Rooms
Nov 11: Belfast Limelight
Nov 13: Oxford O2 Academy
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