Q Awards 2008

Q is currently finalising details of a series of live shows featuring a number of major headline acts to coincide with this year’s Q Awards.

Although the details are still hush-hush, we will be announcing the first of the acts on Friday, August 1. The shows will be open to the public and will take place at London venue. The Forum, in late September

Come back on or after Friday to read further details about this exciting addition to the Awards calendar.

Just days before releasing their third album, Keane are to exclusively unveil their new material in a one-off show for Q.

As well as raising the curtain for the new collection, the band will be playing some of their anthemic hits from Under The Iron Sea and Hopes And Fears. When they play The Forum in north London next month.

The gig has been put together by Q and Mean Fiddler in the build up to the Q Awards 2008 – one of the most prestigious and star-studded events in the music calendar - which take place on October 6. The Keane show on September 29 is to be the first of a series of events, Q Awards: The Gigs, which will be announced over the coming weeks as Q furthers its live performances. The monthly Q The Music Club shows are already a keenly anticipated treat for a handful of competition winners.

Paul Rees, editor in chief of Q, said: ““Each year we aim to make the Q Awards bigger and better, and to keep delivering a different take on them. This year we unveil Q Awards: The Gigs and we are delighted to announce Keane, a band Q has long championed, as the first of these very special shows. Each of the shows will be covered extensively across the whole Q brand and I expect this to be the first of many such initiatives that Q launches in the near future.”

More exclusive shows to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Tickets for the Keane gig, which will also feature another special guest artist, will cost £25 plus booking fee. They go on sale from Monday, September 1, at www.aloud.com.

You can vote for the Q Awards 2008 here