Portishead have mixed feelings about their future live shows reveal the band, as they prepare for their European tour in aid of their forthcoming album Third.

Talking to Billboard, guitarist Adrian Utley says: "We've been immensely looking forward to touring... but we're divided about it. "Beth (Gibbons) is really nervous about playing live, and Geoff (Barrow) absolutely hates playing live, and I love playing live."

Utley goes on to describe the band's pre-gig warm up routine: "We don't really do any ritual before a gig. It's very unspectacular. Beth does a warm-up with her tape. A few gins are drunk, and there's some strolling around nervously behind the stage. And that's it. We go on."

When pressed about Third, Utley adds: "We're not really doing any singles. We see it as a whole album. 'Glory Box' was a single, and it did go in the charts. And I think 'Sour Times' did. But we've never seen ourselves as a particularly singles-oriented band. Especially now, it doesn't seem relevant.

A single, Machine Gun, will however precede the release of Third on April 14th, with the long-player following on the 28th of the same month. Speaking of the live shows, Portishead will play the following European and UK dates:

March Dates:

Milan Alcatraz (30)
Florence Sashall (31)

April Dates:

Munich Tonhalle (2)
Berlin Columbiahalle (3)
Copenhagen KB Halle (4)
Cologne Palladium (6)
Amsterdam HMH (7)
Manchester Apollo (9)
London Hammersmith Apollo (10)
Edinburgh Corn Exchange (12)
Wolverhampton Civic (13)
Coachella Festival (26)

May Dates:

Paris Zenith (5)
Brussels Forest National (8)
Barcelona Primavera Sound (29)