Liam Fray Acoustic Tour announced

Following the announcement of his September acoustic tour last week, Liam Fray has announced two further shows with a Manchester and Glasgow matinee show and venue upgrade in Liverpool to the O2 Academy.  Manchester’s Bipolar Sunshine has been confirmed as support for all dates.

Commencing in Liverpool on 19th September, which has been upgraded from O2 Academy 2 to the O2 Academy, the 8-night tour finishes in Liam’s hometown of Manchester with two shows at The Ritz on 29th September. Tickets went on sale last Friday and further Liverpool tickets and tickets for the Manchester matinee show go on sale this Friday at 9am from Gigs & Tours. Tickets for the Glasgow matinee show go on sale this Saturday at 9am.

Courteeners recently played two sold out hometown shows at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl, which saw them play live to 16,000 people over the two nights. Supports came from Miles Kane, The Strypes and James Skelly & The Intenders amongst others and Liam Fray followed the second night with a sold out acoustic performance at Manchester Academy 2.  The band also just performed a second headline slot on the Radio1 stage at T in the Park to a huge crowd of fans which can be watched here.

Courteeners released new single ‘Van Der Graaff’ last month, the follow-up to ‘Lose Control’ which was the first single from their third top 10 album. ‘ANNA’ followed a two year break since Courteeners last album ‘Falcon’, which charted at #6 and was the follow-up to the bands #4 debut album ‘St. Jude’.  The band recorded and produced ‘ANNA’ in Manchester at 80 Hertz Studios with producer Joe Cross (Hurts).

Liam Fray acoustic tour dates are as follows –

September:
Thurs 19th           Liverpool             O2Academy
Fri 20th                 Leeds                    Cockpit
Sat 21st                 Glasgow               King Tut’s (matinee show)
Sat 21st                 Glasgow               King Tut’s
Tues 24th             Oxford                  O2 Academy 2
Wed 25th              Portsmouth        Wedgewood Rooms
Thurs 26th           London                 Scala
Fri 27th                 Sheffield              Leadmill
Sun 29th               Manchester        Ritz (matinee show)
Sun 29th               Manchester        Ritz

Liam Fray announces a UK headline acoustic tour this September

Following a series of sold out acoustic shows earlier this year, lead singer of Courteeners Liam Fray has announced a UK headline acoustic tour this September.

Commencing in Liverpool on 19th September, the 8-night tour finishes in Liam’s hometown of Manchester at The Ritz on 29th September. Tickets go on sale on Friday 12th July at 9am from Gigs and Tours.com

Courteeners played two sold out hometown shows at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl at the weekend, which saw them play live to 16,000 people over the two nights. Supports came from Miles Kane, The Strypes and James Skelly and The Intenders amongst others and Liam Fray followed the second night with a sold out acoustic performance at a packed out Manchester Academy 2.

Courteeners released new single ‘Van Der Graaff’ last month, the follow-up to ‘Lose Control’ which was the first single from their top 10 album ‘ANNA’.

‘ANNA’ followed a two year break since Courteeners last album ‘Falcon’, which charted at #6 and was the follow-up to the bands #4 debut album ‘St. Jude’.  The band recorded and produced ‘ANNA’ in Manchester at 80 Hertz Studios with producer Joe Cross (Hurts).

Liam Fray acoustic tour dates are as follows –

September:

Thurs 19th          Liverpool         O2Academy 2

Fri 20th              Leeds             Cockpit

Sat 21st             Glasgow           King Tut’s

Tues 24th           Oxford            O2 Academy 2

              Wed 25th           Portsmouth        Wedgewood Rooms

Thurs 26th          London            Scala

Fri 27th              Sheffield         Leadmill

Sun 29th            Manchester        Ritz

The Courteeners announce UK Feb/ March 2013 Tour

Courteeners have announced an 18-date UK tour for February and March 2013, which will be their biggest UK tour yet culminating with a headline show at O2 Academy Brixton on Saturday 16th March.

Last month, the band announced that they will release their new album ‘ANNA’ on 4th February which will be preceded by new single ‘Lose Control’ on 28th January, both released through V2. Zane Lowe last night gave fans the first exclusive listen to ‘Lose Control’ which can be downloaded now from – bit.ly/CourteenersLoseControl.

‘Lose Control’ opens with an addictive hook followed by Liam’s distinctive vocals which then catapult into a huge chorus of drums and melody. It the perfect introduction to the new sound of the band’s third album.

It has been two years since Courteeners last album ‘Falcon’, which charted at #6 and followed the bands #4 debut album ‘St. Jude’.  The band recorded and produced the album in Manchester at 80 Hertz Studios with producer Joe Cross (Hurts) and last Friday, performed new tracks from the album at a sold out homecoming show at the 17,000 capacity Manchester Arena.

Courteeners will be performing as part of XFM’s Winter Wonderland at O2 Academy Brixton on 17th December. Full February and March tour dates are as follows –

February:
Thu 21st                             Nottingham                       Rock City
Fri 22nd                                Leeds                                   O2 Academy
Sat 23rd                                Birmingham                      O2 Academy
Mon 25th                             Liverpool                            O2 Academy
Tue 26th                               Dundee                               Fat Sams
Thu 28th                            Inverness                            Ironworks

March:
Fri 1st                                    Glasgow                              O2 Academy
Sat 2nd                                  Edinburgh                          Picture House
Mon 4th                                Portsmouth                       Pyramids Centre
Tue 5th                                 Cambridge                         Junction
Thu 7th                               Bristol                                 O2 Academy
Fri 8th                                   Blackpool                           Empress Ballroom
Sat 9th                                   Oxford                                O2 Academy
Mon 11th                             Leicester                             O2 Academy
Tue 12th                               Cardiff                                 University Solus