The friends had been chatting about the upcoming release on vinyl of the band’s debut album, Half These Songs Are About You, and JCB Song.

“He asked if we were doing any gigs around it… and I said yep, but he was in New York,” the singer explained.

“I said, well, you know, we could bring the music to you and open some shows for you, and he was like, ‘really? Would you?’

“And we were like, yeah, if you push us we’ll come on an arena tour with you,” the singer joked.

They will play sold-out dates in Paris, Munich, Coventry, Manchester and Dublin.