Mercury Music Prize nominees Guillemots have announced a tour of the UK this winter.

The band play this weekend at the Carling festivals in Reading and Leeds, after which they embark on a twelve-date tour of the country.

They start in Birmingham on October 16 and end at Oxford Brookes University on November 4.

Guillemots are one of the nominees for this year's Mercury Music Prize, along with such other bands as Muse, the Arctic Monkeys and the Editors.

Full tour details are as follows:

October 16 - Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
October 17 - Nottingham Rock City
October 18 - Bristol Anson Rooms
October 20 - Liverpool Carling Academy
October 21 - Newcastle University
October 22 - Manchester Academy 2
October 24 - Glasgow ABC
October 25 - Leeds Metropolitan University
October 26 - Cardiff University
October 29 - Brighton Corn Exchange
November 2 - London Astoria
November 4 - Oxford Brookes University