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Jun 09 2010
American Live Dates! Lau play America August inc. a show at Joe's Pub New York see the gigs page
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Jun 09 2010
London Cargo gig July 22 Lau return to London for a one off show at Cargo, with special guests Duotone (Barney from The Imagined Village)
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May 21 2010
Summer's Here... Lau are returning to places unplayed for a wee while, like Nottingham and Leamington Spa, check the gig page for details and come on out!
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Apr 19 2010
Aidan and Martin play An Tobar
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Mar 18 2010
New Concerts Announced Across the UK, Germany, Summer Festivals and some Autumn Winter shows.
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Feb 27 2010
Advance Orders for New 5 Track collaborative EP with Karine Polwart, signed by Lau pre order

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Feb 26 2010
Signed Copies of Mark The Hard Earth at Lau Store Kris' new album with signed booklets on sale here now
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Jan 29 2010
Lau Win BEST GROUP 2010 BBC Folk Awards
Folk Awards
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Jan 19 2010
Spiral Awards 2010 Those lovely folks over at www. Spiral Earth.co.uk have their own (publicly voted) awards, we are delighted Lau were nominated for Best Live Group and Original Song
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Jan 19 2010
New Year New Tour! Lau hit the road in February through March, have a look at the updated gigs list, we are looking forward to seeing and playing for you on our travels.
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Jan 19 2010
Versus Karine Polwart E.P The first of Lau's new E.P series is about to be made "Lau Vs Karine Polwart" is the working title, recording takes place in February and a limited edition cd will be for sale soon after if all goes to plan.
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Dec 09 2009
Lau on Twitter Join us on Twitter for even quicker news updates http://twitter.com/LAUmusic
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Dec 09 2009
BBC Folk Awards 2010 Lau are delighted to be playing the Radio 2 Folk Awards Ceremony Feb 1st 2010
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Nov 29 2009
Lau Win Best Live Act Award Lau are delighted to have won the Best Live Act 2009 Award at the Alba Scottish Trad Music Awards Ceremony. Thanks to everyone who voted for us. Read Full Article

Nov 18 2009
Japan Tour Photo Blog Aidan has compiled a few photos for your perusal. These are from our Oct/Nov tour of Japan.
Enjoy.

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Sep 23 2009
Tokyo Gig Nov 1st Sold Out We are happy to say that Lau's gig at Tokyo
Musashino Swing Hall, on Sun 1st Nov, is now sold out. There are still some tickets left for the other Tokyo shows, October 30 and 31 at Duo Music Exchange.Read Full Article

Sep 08 2009
Lau in London Lau & special guests Mawkin:Causley will be live at London's Union Chapel on December 3rd tickets on sale nowRead Full Article

Aug 21 2009
Pentcaitland August 29th festival website www.fiddlesanddrams.com  you can get tickets from www.thebooth.co.uk Read Full Article

Jul 31 2009
Extra Show added to Arc Light Tour Nottingham Playhouse - October 9th - this show just added, to the Arc Light Tour..tickets on sale now
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Jul 12 2009
New project for Aidan O'Rourke Lau's Aidan O'Rourke is to be involved in a new project which will debut at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival on 3rd August 2009. It's the brainchild of sax-genius Phil Bancroft and is called 'Small as the World'. Details can be found at  www.smallastheworld.com. Aidan and Phil are long time collaborators (Phil contributing hugely on both Aidan's 'solo' albums, Sirius and An Tobar).

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Jul 08 2009
New Arc Light Tour Dates Lau are just back from their sold out Spanish dates and have added new gigs and festivals aplenty across the UK and beyond, starting July 10th the tours goes through to December, please see the gigs section for details.
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Jun 01 2009
Watch Lau's Radio 2 drive time performance http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/chris-evans/videos/lau/
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Jun 01 2009
Watch Lau Live at the Borderline, London http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ErOk1jgXsRead Full Article

Apr 09 2009
Lau interview on brightyoungfolk.com Check out Bright Young Folk talking to Kris, Aidan and Martin about their new album Arc Light.
Part One | Part Two
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Mar 02 2009
Lau London Tickets Now On Sale Tuesday 24th March @ The Luminaire, London:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/39202

Thursday 28th May @ The Borderline, London:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
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Mar 02 2009
Get Your Free Lau Download! Download now from thequietus.com
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Feb 03 2009
LAU WIN 2009 FOLK AWARD Lau are delighted to report that they won "Best Group" at the 2009 BBC Folk Awards. Thanks to all concerned, it gives us a warm fuzzy feeling in our collective belly.
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Feb 03 2009
New Studio Album Finished The new album, "Arc Light" is now finished, woo-hoo.  Arc Light is Released on Navigator Records on the 28th of March.
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Oct 06 2008
Hands Up For Trad! Vote for Lau again.. this time in the Scottish Traditional Music Awards.
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Sep 21 2008
Extra Tokyo Gig Added Due to flattering demand an extra gig has been added to the Tokyo run in October. 24,25,26, of Oct now all sold out, some tickets available for 23rd and the extra show on 27th. Details here.
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Sep 17 2008
Lau nominated for Spirit of Scotland Award Lau have been nominated for the prestigious Spirit of Scotland award. The award works by public vote, and we'll hassle you to vote for us when the time comes. You can read about the award in the organisers' words by clicking the link above.
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Aug 07 2008
Lau on August MOJO cover-mount CD Lau appear on the cover-mount CD of this month's MOJO magazine. Out Aug 2nd.
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Aug 07 2008
Lau Live Vinyl Released The Vinyl edition of Lau Live was launched at Cambridge Folk Festival
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May 30 2008
Reviews for live album Some nice reviews for Lau Live from The Guardian, The Scotsman and BBC here.
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Apr 29 2008
"THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD" - CHANNEL 4 MUSIC The Channel 4 website have an exclusive video clip of Lau performing Hinba in the 4music studio. Check it out here.
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Feb 05 2008
Lau Interview and Music on Spiral Earth The boys from Spiral Earth caught up with Lau just before the folk awards for a wee chat and a live preview performance of the new tune Sea from the live album. See the interview here and the music hereRead Full Article

Feb 04 2008
Lau Win Best Group At BBC Folk Awards

Lau are happy to announce that they took the award "Best Group" at the BBC Radio 2 folk awards on Feb 4th. You can watch their live performance from the awards here.

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Feb 02 2008
Collaboration With 25th Century VJs

Lau have been working with live visual wizards 25th Century VJs. Some successful shows so far in Edinburgh and Glasgow have made all concerned eager for more. The 25th Century boys will join Lau for three of the Tune Up gigs, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling. Details on gig page.

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Jan 31 2008
Lau Trip To Japan

We had an amazing time in Japan, some pics here.

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Jan 30 2008
U.S. and Canada Release Lightweights and Gentlemen is now on sale in America and Canada via licensing agreement with Nashville based Compass RecordsRead Full Article