Bloc Party guitarist Russell Lissack will join Ash on their forthcoming UK tour.

Lissack, who was once in an Ash covers band, was approached by Tim Wheeler to join the Irish three piece after he found out Bloc Party were on ‘hiatus’.

Ash, joined by Russell Lissack, will play the following venues from next month:

April
19 - Southampton University
20 - Cambridge Junction
21 - Norwich Waterfront
23 - Birmingham Irish Centre
24 - Leeds Metropolitan University
25 - O2 Academy Newcastle
27 - O2 ABC Glasgow
28 - Manchester Academy 2
30 - O2 Academy Bristol

May
1 - Brighton Concorde
2 - O2 Academy Oxford
4 - London Electric Ballroom

Tickets are now available from the usual outlets.