Right i have just read the whole topic and;
1. They probably arn't going to do a Scotland date as they did it on the mini tour a few weeks ago, so they are now doing the cities that didnt get it last time apart from london. They have to play london as 1. its london and 2 its the capital.
2. The reason the Manchester date is £12 is because they would be playing academy 1 however they arn't playing it because its having a Balcony put in.
3. Manchester Academy 2 isn't "massive" we are lucky they are playing there and not Academy 1 or the Apollo which i am sure they could sell out.
4. About the timings of the shows. If you look back over the years you will notice that hundreds of US bands come over to the UK at that time. There are many reasons but right now i can't be arsed writing them.
5. I will be at the Wolvo and Manchester dates.