Happy Mondays will be playing a host of new dates this year, kicking off with a debut gig at the Coachella festival in California and picking up speed with a series of small shows in the UK in May starting with a date at The Ironworks, Inverness on May 22nd 2007.

"It's going to be really weird," Ryder said speaking to the NME. "We only just finished touring about f**king six or seven months ago when we got back from Japan."

The tour dates are as follows:

Inverness Ironworks (May 22)
Aberdeen Music Hall (23)
Sheffield Leadmill (25)
Middlesbrough Town Hall (26)
Hull University (27)
Cambridge Junction (29)
Northampton Roadmender (30)
Preston 53 Degrees (31)
Dudley JB's (June 1)
Manchester Ritz (July 8)

Tickets for the tour go on sale on March 30 at 9.30am. Please check www.nme.com  for updates. www.ironworksvenue.com