The Courteeners live in London (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
Celebrations marking the tenth anniversary of The Courteeners‘ debut St. Jude will now include a revised, ‘Re:Wired’ edition of the album, the first example of which has been shared.
The re-recording of Not Nineteen Forever preempts an entirely new version of the LP which is ready for the anniversary tour dates which include gigs at the Manchester Arena and Royal Albert Hall in the the near future.
“We were looking for a way to mark the 10 year anniversary of the release of St. Jude, we thought it might be worth at least raising a little glass to celebrate the fact that we’re still here,” frontman Liam Fray has explained.
“I’d been out on an acoustic tour this autumn, reworking and revisiting tunes from the back catalogue, stripping them back, bigging them up and experimenting with some different interpretations.”
“I loved revisiting all the old songs and putting a new twist on them. So the day after the final date of the tour, I gingerly prised myself out of bed, booked a studio, rang the band, brought in some string players and we re-did St. Jude in a few days.”
UK tour dates:
March
21 – Blackburn, King Georges Hall
23 – London, Royal Albert Hall
April
5 – Sheffield, O2 Academy
7 – Manchester, Arena
May
26 – Neighbourhood Weekender, Victoria Park, Warrington