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

Courteeners announce O2 Academy Liverpool warm-up show on 25th June 2013

Courteeners announced last night that they will play a warm-up show for Glastonbury and their Castlefield Bowl headline shows on Tuesday 25th June at Liverpool O2 Academy.

The show follows the band’s support slot with The Stones Roses at Finsbury Park last week and tickets will go on sale on Friday 14th June at 9am through www.gigsandtours.com.

Courteeners two headline outdoor shows, in association with Fosters Good Call, are being held at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester on 5th and 6th July, and they will play to 8,000 fans per night. Supports across both dates include Miles Kane, Reverend and the Makers, James Skelly and The Intenders, The Strypes, The Heartbreaks and Findlay. The gigs sold out straight away and they are the fastest selling Courteeners shows ever.

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’, and is an epic anthemic track with an addictive guitar riff and soaring vocals. It is sure to be a huge festival track this summer.

‘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) and in December, performed new tracks from the album at a sold out homecoming show at the 17,000 capacity Manchester Arena.

New tour dates are as follows –

June:
Tues 25th                             Liverpool                                            O2 Academy                    
Fri 28th                                 Pilton                                                   Glastonbury Festival

July:
Fri 5th                                   Manchester                                        Castlefield Bowl              SOLD OUT
- with supports Miles Kane, The Strypes, The Heartbreaks
Sat 6th                                   Manchester                                        Castlefield Bowl              SOLD OUT
- with supports Reverend and the Makers, James Skelly and The Intenders, Findlay
Fri 12th                                 Balado, Kinross                                T in the Park
Sat 17th                                Chelmsford, Hylands Park          V Festival
Sun 18th                               Stafford, Weston Park                  V Festival