Nothing But Thieves announced as support act for Muse’s “Drones” tour

PanARMENIAN.Net - Southend quintet Nothing But Thieves have been announced as the support act for Muse's UK leg of their forthcoming world tour, it has been announced on February 29, according to NME.

The alt-rock band - who are known for their songs 'Trip Switch' and 'Graveyard Whistling' - are supporting Muse for 16 dates of their UK and European tour, which kicked off this evening in Paris (February 29) with the band joining the tour on March 3. The band also play a further four dates in Paris in March, followed by Cologne, Amsterdam, Brussels and Munich as part of the European leg.

The tour is scheduled to make its UK stops in April, staring with Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena on April 2, London's O2 Arena on April 3 and Dublin on April 5. They then return to conclude the UK leg of the tour with Manchester April 8-9, London's O2 Arena between 11-15 and Glasgow on April 17-18.

The announcement of the Drones tour was topped last Friday (February 26) when Muse announced on their Twitter that they return as Friday night headliners of the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2016. Muse will also headline Sziget Festival 2016.

Speaking of the announcement on Twitter the band tweeted:

"We're over the moon Muse have asked us to support them. We get to hear 'Plug In Baby' in arenas every night for a month...pretty awesome!"