Liam Fray, The Courteeners (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media)
The Courteeners will embark on a tour of the UK through November after the first part of this year was focused on the 10th anniversary of their debut album St. Jude.
The band’s habit of winter touring continues into 2018 from November 15th at the Victoria Hall in Stoke, with arena visits in some of their northern strongholds such as Leeds, Glasgow and Liverpool also on the agenda.
As well as a handful of live shows in which the album was played in full, The Courteeners also celebrated St. Jude with a newly recorded, ‘re-wired’ version which Liam Fray said was borne out of his solo acoustic gigs.
“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,” he explained.
“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.”
Tour dates:
November
15 – Stoke, Victoria Hall
16 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
17 – Leeds, First Direct Arena
19 – Nottingham, Rock City
20 – Leicester, O2 Academy
22 – Llandudno, Venue Cymru
23 – Newcastle, Metro Arena
24 – Glasgow, SSE Arena
26 – Southampton, O2 Guildhall
27 – Bristol, O2 Academy
29 – Hull, Venue
30 – Liverpool, Echo Arena
December
1 – London, O2 Brixton Academy