Strokes' Julian Casablancas announces extra London gig and ticket details

The Strokes' Julian Casablancas has announced a new date on his debut solo tour, which is set to hit the UK in December.

Casablancas, whose solo album 'Phrazes For The Young' was released on Monday (November 2), will play an additional date at London's HMV Forum on December 15. Tickets are on sale now.

Julian Casablancas plays:

Manchester Ritz (December 11)
Glasgow ABC (12)
Dublin Academy (14)
London Forum (15, 16)

To check the availability of Julian Casablancas tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

Casablancas has also announced he is to release a Christmas single, telling NME.COM that the track - 'I Wish It Was Christmas Today' - was "a fun thing to do".

See this week's issue of NME - on UK newsstands nationwide now - for an exclusive interview with Julian Casablancas.

In other Strokes news, the band's guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. recently appeared in an episode of US TV show 'Gossip Girl'.