Plan B has announced details of an April 2010 tour in support of his soul-tastic new album 'The Defamation of Strickland Banks.'

Fresh from his sold-out, cabaret themed show at Café De Paris last night, the rapper-turned-singer - real name Ben Drew - will play eight shows culminating at London's Shepherds Bush Empire.

Tickets for the jaunt go on sale from 9am tomorrow (January 22).

Catch him on the following dates:

• Bristol Anson Rooms – April 8
• Oxford Academy – 9
• Birmingham Academy 2 – 10
• Brighton Concorde 2 - 11
• Glasgow Classic Grand - 13
• Leeds Cockpit - 14
• Manchester Academy 2 - 15
• London Shepherds Bush Empire – 16

(by Scott Colothan)