The Stranglers March On 2015 UK Tour

 The Stranglers March On 2015 UK Tour

Following 2014’s spectacular, sell out Ruby Anniversary Tour and accompanying celebratory box set album release, Giants and Gems, the Stranglers march ever onward with the announcement of their 2015 UK tour.  

As 2014 draws to a close, punk-era iconoclasts, The Stranglers can look back at what must be one of their most successful years ever. Earlier this year the band celebrated their 40th anniversary with the spectacular Ruby Tour. Fans, old and new, flocked to venues throughout the land to hear a thrilling programme of music, spanning five decades, performed by one the finest live groups in the country.

For The Stranglers it was a record-breaking UK tour with sell-out shows at venue after venue as music fans voted with their feet. The press accolades came flooding in too, the groups’ considerable contribution and importance to the British music scene receiving well-deserved recognition in the specialist music magazines and national newspapers alike. As the long hot summer followed, the group found themselves gracing the main stages at many of the UK and Europe’s premier festivals, including The Vs, T-in-the-Park and and Electric Picnic.

One of the punk era’s most eclectic bands, The Stranglers have always drawn upon a wide range of musical genres; from pop to prog, metal to jazz, creating their own distinctive style. Each band member’s considerable, often downright virtuosic, musical talent has allowed them to explore and expand their sonic palette, leading to some of the most memorable pop and rock tunes of the last five decades; from the strident opening bass solo of No More Heroes to the lilting harpsichord strains of Golden Brown. It is little wonder, then, that the band were invited to perform with the London Sinfonietta at the 2013 BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Without doubt one of the most exciting, credible and influential British bands today, The Stranglers will be one of the highlights on the 2015 live circuit – an essential show not to be missed as they perform songs from their much-loved repertoire at venues throughout the country next March.

MARCH 2015

Tuesday          03        Brighton Dome

Thursday         05        Guildford G Live

Friday              06        London Roundhouse

Saturday         07        Sheffield O2 Academy

Monday           09        Liverpool O2 Academy

Thursday         12        Newcastle O2 Academy

Friday              13        Southend Cliff Pavilion

Saturday         14        Birmingham O2 Academy

Tuesday          17        Leeds O2 Academy

Thursday         19        Bristol O2 Academy

Friday              20        Cambridge Corn Exchange

Saturday         21        Manchester Academy 1

Monday           23        Oxford O2 Academy

Thursday         26        Kilmarnock Grand Hall

Friday              27        Aberdeen Beach Ballroom

Saturday         28        Glasgow O2 Academy

Tickets go on sale 9.00am Friday 19th September and will be available from www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051

      

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The Stranglers announce 40th Anniversary UK Ruby Tour

The Stranglers announce 40th Anniversary 'Ruby Tour'

From the end of February and throughout March,New Wave icons The Stranglers will undertake a ’Ruby Anniversary’ tour across the UK consisting of a massive 22 dates.

“On this, the occasion of our Ruby anniversary, I would like to take this opportunity to stick my fingers up to everyone who wrote us off and dismissed us. However I would like to thank those who saw beyond the words of the critics and drew their own conclusions. He who laughs last laughs longest AND loudest.  Next year we will make a lot of noise with our friends..." JJ BURNEL – The Stranglers.

One of the great stories from the punk generation, with their own highly original sound that combined a brilliant melodic touch with a genuine dark aggression and an effortless cool. The Stranglers are a pivotal band from those inspirational times and have been acknowledged with their recent BBC Proms appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. Their continued run of album success has marked a long, controversial and pioneering career.

The meninblack celebrate their 40th anniversary year with a series of UK dates, including a return to Hammersmith Apollo, which they first played in 1976 and last played in 2011. The band intend to feature a selection of material from every studio album of their 40 year career, from their debut album Rattus Norvegicus to their most recent acclaimed album, Giants. 

The Stranglers 40th Anniversary

“Ruby Tour” 2014 UK Dates 

Thu February 27th - INVERNESS Ironworks

Fri February 28th - GLASGOW  O2 Academy

Sat March 1st - DUNFERMLINE Alhambra

Mon March 3rd - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy

Tue March 4th - LINCOLN  Engine Shed

Thu March 6th - BRIGHTON   Dome

Fri March 7th - FOLKESTONE Leas Cliff Hall

Sat March 8th - LONDON Hammersmith Apollo

Mon March 10th - NOTTINGHAM Rock City

Tue March 11th - LEAMINGTON SPA   Assembly

Thu March 13th - SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion

Fri March 14th - NEWCASTLE O2 Academy

Sat March 15th - SHEFFIELD O2 Academy

Mon March 17th - OXFORD O2 Academy

Thu March 20th - CARDIFF Uni Solus

Fri March 21st - LEEDS O2 Academy

Sat March 22nd - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy

Mon March 24th - PORTSMOUTH Pyramids Centre

Tue March 25th - GUILDFORD G Live

Thu March 27th - BRISTOL O2 Academy

Fri March 28th - CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange

Sat March 29th - MANCHESTER Academy

Hugh Cornwell to perform on BBC 2's The Review Show

Hugh Cornwell, the original lead singer/guitarist for The Stranglers, will perform the title track from his new album Totem And Taboo on BBC 2’s The Review Show on Friday November 9th at 11pm.

The television performance follows his current UK tour which hits Leeds Cockpit tonight (Oct 11). The first set will see Cornwell perform the new album Totem And Taboo, while the second set will see him perform The Stranglers’ seminal 1977 album No More Heroes. Both albums will be performed in their entirety. 

Tickets can be ordered from the 24 Hour Box Office: 0844 478 0898, and booked online from www.hughcornwell.com and www.thegigcartel.com. 

Leeds The Cockpit (Oct 11) 
Manchester Academy 3 (Oct 12) 
Birmingham O2 Academy 2 (Oct 13)
Bristol The Fleece (Oct 17)
Southampton The Brook (Oct 18) 
London O2 Academy Islington (Oct 19) 
Tavistock The Wharf (Oct 20)

Hugh Cornwell is the original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in the British Rock band The Stranglers. He enjoyed UK and European success with 10 hit albums and 21 Top Forty singles, with songs such as Peaches, No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Always the Sun, Grip, Nice N Sleazy, Duchess and No Mercy

The Stranglers announce 'FEEL IT LIVE 2013' UK tour (March 2013)

In 1977 the Stranglers released their extraordinary debut album, Rattus Norvegicus and firmly established themselves as the world’s first progressive punk outlaws.

Seminal long players like No More Heroes and Black and White followed before the band released probably the finest live album of that era, Live (X Cert). Later that year the Stranglers surprised and surpassed all expectations by releasing the gentler more evocative album The Raven and it is that album’s legacy that’s left its mark on latter-day Stranglers recordings.

During their career the Stranglers have garnered a total of 24 Top 40 singles over four decades as well as eighteen Top 40 albums, Hits include Peaches, No More Heroes, 5 Minutes, Duchess, Something Better Change, Always The Sun, Golden Brown, Strange Little Girl and Skin Deep amongst others.

After re-signing to EMI in 2004, the Stranglers have released two
studio albums, Norfolk Coast and Suite XVI, both records confirming that the band have re-entered some kind of halcyon era. The albums were hailed as the best the band have recorded since the 1980s and yielded further hit singles Big Thing Coming and Spectre of Love.
The Stranglers first new album for six years,Giants was released in March 2012.The record was critically acclaimed and saw the band complete another hugely successful UK tour,quickly followed by 23 dates in Europe.

During the Summer,the band played V Festivals,Hop Farm and Isle of Wight in the UK.They also played Germany’s major festival,Rock Im Ring and Rock Im Park and shows in Estonia,France,Belgium and Turkey

           Friday 1st                    Edinburgh Picture House
Saturday 2nd              Glasgow Academy
Monday 4th                Aberdeen Garage
Tueesday 5th              Dundee Fat Sams
      Thursday 7th              O2 Academy Liverpool
   Friday 8th                     Lincoln Engine Shed
Saturday 9th                O2 Academy Leeds
           Monday 11th               Leamington Spa Assembly
Tuesday 12th               Guildford G Live
Thursday 14th             Brighton Dome
Friday 15th                   London Roundhouse
        Saturday 16th              O2 Academy Birmingham
Monday 18th               O2 Academy Oxford
Tuesday 19th               Nottingham Rock City
                      Thursday 21st              Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall                
          Friday 22nd                  Cambridge Corn Exchange
                  Saturday 23rd             O2 Academy  Bristol                     
Monday 25th               Norwich UEA
Tuesday 26th               Salisbury City Hall
                  Thursday 28th             Carlisle Sands Centre                    
                    Friday 29th                   O2 Academy  Newcastle               
Saturday 30th              Manchester Academy