THEY describe having a number one album as an 'incredible feeling' and now You Me At Six are celebrating in style with their biggest tour.

The Surrey rock band will share a stage with Baltimore's All Time Low at Manchester Arena on February 13. The two groups met on the live circuit several years ago and have been friends since.

You Me At Six's tour follows the release of their album Cavalier Youth which topped the UK charts around this time last year.

But the band reckon the last piece of the puzzle in their success story was working with producer Neal Avron in Los Angeles. He has also recorded albums with Linkin Park and Fall Out Boy.

Josh Franceschi, You Me At Six frontman, said: "Working with Neal was the best experience we've all had working in a studio. It was really refreshing and he really understood our band and us as people.

"I think we learned to take more time with writing our songs and not be scared to push ourselves into new musical areas.

"To have a number one album is something we never thought possible. It's an incredible feeling. We have worked so hard so to see that turning into an honest success by doing things the right way is amazing."

You Me At Six played to around 500,000 people last year. That included high profile slots at Reading and Leeds Festival, a headline tour in the United States and a run of dates in Australia and South East Asia.

So do the five-piece ever miss the intimacy of the smaller venues they used to play in?

Josh added: "Playing arenas is awesome and it really makes you feel like you've reached the pinnacle of being in a band.

"We are lucky to be able to play different sized venues all over the world so you can never get too accustomed to one sort of venue.

"We enjoy all gigs and every space is a different challenge. Playing to 100 people is far more daunting than playing to 10 000. We constantly get the best of both worlds.

"We knew everything had changed when we started getting recognised in the street or playing to sold out venues further afield and in different countries.

"It's an amazing feeling to see something you have spent so long working hard on pay off."

But the band still have fond memories of some of their earlier gigs that helped them get to where they are in the first place.

Josh, aged 24, said: "Personally my favourite gig was the first time we played Reading Festival.

"We played a slot on the Festival Republic stage and it was absolutely mad.

"The tent was overflowing and the crowd were insane. It was totally unexpected."

- You Me At Six and All Time Low play at Manchester Arena on February 13. Visit ticketmaster.co.uk