Arty Manchester trio The Answering Machine will be playing an exclusive garden party for one lucky winner of a golden ticket, which will be found inside a copt of the band's 7" single, 'Silent Hotels', due out on 18th June. The winner will receive an exclusive performance from the band in their garden.

Vocalist Martin Colcough jokes, "We were hoping to set it up so that Michael Eavis won, but now we're doing Glastonbury everyone's a winner."

You can catch the band lives on the following dates:
June
7th - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
8th - Yorkshire House, Lancaster
9th - Faversham, Leeds
12th - Barfly, Cardiff
13th - The Marquee, Hertford
14th - The Social, Nottingham
16th - Sumo, Leicester
18th - The Kings Arms, Manchester (Single launch party)
19th - Fibbers, York
20th - Royal Hotel, Southend (with Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly)
21st - Soundhouse, Northampton
22nd - Koko, London (Club NME)
23rd - Glastonbury Festival (Late'n'Live Stage - 8pm