Pins announce memorabilia auction and Andy Warhol club night

26 January 2016, 15:00 | Written by Laurence Day

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PINS are set to auction of rare merch and unique personal affects from tonight.

The full list of items and experiences up for grabs can be found on PINS' website.

Guitarist Lois MacDonald says of the plans: "Touring the USA is a dream for any band, but my god it's expensive. We've decided to auction off some of our treasure in order to fund the trip. It's really personal stuff, one off test pressings, actual pieces of the Super 8 footage from the 'Dazed by You' video, the original Polaroid from the Wild Nights artwork, lyrics straight from Faith's notebook! It's tough to part with this stuff!"

Listings begin every 15 minutes from 6pm tonight (26 January) and end 2 February. Find out more.

Proceeds will go towards helping PINS get to SXSW and other North American shows.

As well as all this, PINS have announced a new Andy Warhol-themed club night named 'SUPERSTARS: A Night Celebrating All Things Warhol'. It takes place in a secret Salford location on 5 March, and PINS will be performing a one-time-only set of Velvet Underground covers. They band ask that you arrive dressed as your "favourite factory boy or girl".

Wild Nights is out now on Bella Union.

Read our longread feature with PINS' Faith Vern, Northern Soul.

Check out the auction trailer below, and the band's upcoming shows after.

February

11 - The Bullingdon, Oxford
12 - The Bodega Social, Nottingham
13 - The Hug and Pint, Glasgow
15 - The Cookie, Leicester
16 - O2 Academy 2, Liverpool
18 - The Prince Albert, Brighton
19 - The Thekla, Bristol
20 - The Garibaldi Hotel, Northampton (Free Entry)
21 - Espace B, Paris
22 - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (Supporting Night Beats)
23 - Musik Und Frieden, Berlin
24 - Molotow, Hamburg
25 - Blue Shell, Cologne
27 - Outlines Festival, Skate Central, Sheffield

March

13 - Cosmosis Festival, Manchester
15 - SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas
16 - SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas
17 - SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas
18 - SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas
19 - SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas
20 - SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas
21 - The Casbah, San Diego
22 - Bootleg Theatre (Bar Stage), San Diego