Band to release 'Side By Side' on Sunday (Mar 27)
Group will begin the gig-run in Liverpool on February 7
Gig run will begin in Leeds on October 21
Band to play intimate gigs to coincide with new EP release
Metallica and Linkin Park headline the Knebworth bash this August
Grant Nicholas speaks out
Bus explodes on M62
Band also treat Main Stage crowd to greatest hits set
Band pay tribute to Black Francis following threat