Courteeners announce a special one-off show at London’s 100 Club on July 15th

COURTEENERS announce a special one-off show at London’s 100 Club on July 15th

Airing material from their hugely anticipated fourth album ‘Concrete Love’ alongside other live favourites, this is an extremely rare chance for fans to catch Liam Fray and the band up close and personal ahead of their soon to be announced touring schedule, which kicks off with a headline slot on the NME stage at the Reading and Leeds Festival.

Tickets go on sale at 9am July 9th via See Tickets

‘Concrete Love’ is released on PIAS on August 18th. It is available for pre-order now via all usual outlets. Pre-orders via iTunes will immediately receive album track ‘Summer’.

Courteeners to release their fourth album Concrete Love

Written and recorded in part in Montmartre by Courteeners talismanic singer/songwriter Liam Fray last autumn, Concrete Love is the band’s most rounded and satisfying record to date - its release coincides perfectly with a moment when they reach the peak of their live powers. The album sees the band working again with regular collaborator/producer Joe Cross (Hurts/Chloe Howl). 

In the six years since they released their sharp and underrated debut St Jude – a pinpoint accurate portrayal of young life– the band have risen steadily with a quiet confidence. Each of their albums has gone Top 10 - St. Jude (no.4), Falcon (no.6), ANNA (no.6) - and the growth in their live shows has been exponential and astonishing. In 2013, Courteeners quickly sold over 100,000 gig tickets outside of festival appearances in the UK – including Brixton Academy and Manchester Arena. In August, the band play as special guests of the Killers at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow before headlining the NME stage at Reading and Leeds Festivals. They then tour the UK extensively in the autumn.  

Concrete Love is available for pre-order now via all usual outlets. I-tunes pre-orders will immediately receive the exclusive album track Summer – as perfect a piece of sunshine pop as you’re likely to hear this season. Deluxe editions of the album come with either a DVD (physical copies) or download (i-tunes) recorded at the band’s momentous Castlefield Bowl gigs in July 2013, where, over two nights the band played to sold-out crowds of 16,000 people.  The first single from the album will be released next month.

Courteeners release their fourth album Concrete Love on August 18th through [PIAS] Cooperative.

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