A GIG in their native Oxford is not on the cards for Foals this autumn.

The city is conspicuous in its absence, along with London, from the list of tour dates announced by the band last week.

The popular indie five-piece will play fairly small venues in locations including Sheffield, Leicester, Stoke, Doncaster, Derby and Brighton.

The gigs nearest to Oxford are at the Gloucester Guildhall on December 4, The Cellar, Southampton on December 6, Sixty Million Postcards, Bournemouth on December 7 and the West End Centre, Aldershot on December 8.

Tickets for all dates have sold out, according to the band’s official vendor gigsandtours.com