The Courteeners live in London (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
The Courteeners will gear up for Manchester’s Heaton Park with two UK warm-up shows earlier that week.
The band have booked gigs at the at Blackpool Empress Ballroom on June 10th and the O2 Academy in Leeds the following night as preparation for their latest hometown outdoor concert on June 15th.
The Courteeners’ live popularity in Manchester endures then, something which helps to makes them ‘perhaps the most curious act in rock today‘ as Live4ever noted during their appearance at Reading last year:
“Ignored by scenesters and largely by the press, they can sell out Heaton Park in their hometown and must have played Reading countless times. Their ascent up the bill has been glacial – now only one step away from the top, they auditioned for the headline slot in relentless fashion.”
“A career-spanning set, the highlight The 17th, one of their most recent singles, is a subtle banger driven by synth keyboards, a world away from the cranium crushing Cavorting, which was also given an airing.”
