The xx are giving out tickets for a tour that hasn’t been announced yet…

With ‘On Hold’ blaring around at Dork HQ on repeat more than an Only Fools & Horses Christmas Special, The xx have taken a different route when it comes to announcing some hotly anticipated live shows.

With festival dates in South America and a string of Eastern European shows already announced, avid fans of the band have been finding some bloody huge clues heading through their letterbox – with fans receiving invitations and free tickets to previously unannounced shows.

Piece by piece it’s coming together – thanks to good ol’ social media, but the dates range across the world.

Zo een onverwachtse uitnodigingen mag de DHL koerier altijd brengen Thx for the invite @thexx , we’ll be there ! ✖️✖️ #thexx #sohappy #dusseldorf2017

A photo posted by Guustje Beel (@guustje.beel) on Nov 15, 2016 at 6:24am PST

‘We would like to invite you and a friend to our show’. Liam can be really lucky at times. Being a crazy fan pays off !! @thexx @romythexx @jamie___xx #TheXX

A photo posted by Faye Campbell (@fayecampbell1) on Nov 15, 2016 at 2:50am PST

When you stalk a band so much you get a freebie to their unannounced arena tour. Lovely surprise through the post this morning @thexx @romythexx @jamie___xx @youngturks #thexx

A photo posted by @lfenners on Nov 15, 2016 at 2:49am PST

Now as seen from the last two posts, the only UK date mentioned so far is a headline show on March 4th at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena – so it looks like arenas are beckoning. It’ll follow the band’s hotly anticipated third album ‘I See You’ – set for release on January 13th.

We’re just going to pop off and wait by the mailbox now, see you in a few days…