Young Fathers have announced a run of UK tour dates for 2023 – find all the details below.The Scottish trio are due to hit the road this autumn for headline gigs in support of their Mercury Prize-shortlisted fourth album, ‘Heavy Heavy’, which was released back in February.Kicking off at The Dome in Brighton on October 20, the upcoming tour will also include a show at the Eventim Apollo in London (October 21), a double billing at Glasgow’s legendary Barrowland Ballroom (23, 24), a stop-off at the O2 Institute in Birmingham (27) and a date at Manchester Academy (28).Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (August 4) – you’ll be able to purchase yours here. Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale from the same time tomorrow (August 2).Check out the official tour poster in the announcement tweet below.*Just Announced*We're playing a handful of UK headline shows in October.
A community in grief, a young life that ended too soon
13.07.2023 - 21:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Clutching onto balloons and lighting candles, hundreds turned out to remember a 'smart, talented and loving' teenager whose life ended far too soon.
A broken Manchester community embraced one another as heartbreaking tributes were paid to schoolboy Eric Lin.
Eric, who had been reported missing from the Beswick area of Manchester on the evening of July 2, was tragically found dead days later, on July 6.
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The teenager, who was just 14 was found in the Manchester Ship Canal in Stockton Heath, near the Moor Nature Reserve.
A week after his death, on Thursday evening (July 13), crowds came out in their hundreds to mourn the loss of Eric, who was a student at the Co-op Academy in Failsworth and described as having a 'big heart and a cheeky smile'.
The streets outside the school turned into a sea of blue, as balloons with heartfelt written tributes and flowers were tied to the railings and his school peers, along with their parents, cradled one another.
"Fly high", "14 - forever young" and "you will forever be in my heart" were just some of the tributes left on handwritten cards, banners and balloons that swayed gently in the wind.
And as Eric's heartbroken family arrived at the candlelit vigil, they were met with a roaring applause from the hundreds who had turned out to show their unwavering support of a family.
Speaking to the crowds, an emotional Reverend Aysha St Giles, from St John's Church in Failsworth, said: "It's very clear that Eric will never be forgotten, because he's carried in so many hearts and minds here tonight.
"I wanted to gather us together to express how desperately sad we feel, how shocked, how distressed
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