May 19, 2010 7.52 pm This story is over 174 months old

Foals encore at Engine Shed

Comeback: Oxford drop-outs indie band Foals will be returning to the Engine Shed this November as part of their new national tour.

Oxford-based outfit Foals will be returning to Lincoln as part of their new UK tour. Due to grace the stage on November 11th, the energetic indie band are back with new album Total Life Forever.

Foals’ studio album comes after their success two years ago with debut album Antidotes, which contained top 30 hits Cassius, as well as Balloons.

The band consists of Yannis Philippakis (pictured) (vocals, guitar), Jack Bevan (drums), Jimmy Smith (guitar), Edwin Congreave (keyboard), and Walter Gervers (bass). Foals previously performed in Lincoln in October 2008.

Of all the members, Smith was the only one to complete his degree when the band was signed, the rest dropped out. Philippakis and Congreave had been studying English at Oxford University at the time.

Tickets for the show go on sale May 21st from the Engine Shed box office, priced at £14. The event is over 16s only and ID will be required.

Source: Engine Shed | Photo: Samuel Cox