REM have announced that they will play four gigs in the UK later this year to promote their new album, Accelerate .

The mini tour will take in the Old Trafford in Manchester on 24 August, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium the next day Southampton’s Rose Bowl on 27 August and will finish off at Twickenham Stadium, south-west London, on 30 August.

Tickets for the band’s UK gigs go on sale this Friday.