Embarked on headline European tour

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After the release of Euphoric Heartbreak , the band embarked on their biggest headline European tour to date in April/May 2011. After the band’s academy tour of Europe and the UK, the band left for their seventh tour of the United States in June 2011 playing to venues in New York City , Toronto and Los Angeles . On return to the UK the band played at Rockness in Scotland followed by a headline appearance on the John Peel Stage . Several more festival appearances including a slot at Where The Action Is in Gothenburg , Sweden saw the band round off June 2011. In July 2011, the band toured Australia for the first time playing three shows at The Rosemount Hotel in Perth , The Metro in Sydney and The Hi-Fi in Melbourne before making a festival appearance at Splendour in the Grass held at Woodford 45 miles north west of Brisbane . The band were also invited to the set of Neighbours by the TV producers which was located just outside Melbourne and spent the day there meeting the cast and crew and were thrilled to be served by Tom Oliver ( Lou Carpenter ) at Harold’s. The band also made their second trip to Japan to play the Fuji Rock Festival and then rounded off the summer by headlining the first ever Famous Grouse Music Festival and playing the V Festival for the first time. In October 2011 Glasvegas embarked on a successful tour of the UK and Ireland starting in Cork , then London and then working their way north via Manchester , Sheffield and York eventually ending with a homecoming gig at the ABC Glasgow on Halloween .