The Courteeners live in London (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
2018 will see The Courteeners continue their tradition of winter UK touring, and tickets for this year’s instalment have just gone on sale.
The band visit arenas in cities such as Leeds, Glasgow and Liverpool during the run, with visits to Stoke, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Llandudno, Newcastle, Southampton, Bristol, Hull and London also due.
We just caught the band live at Reading Festival last weekend, finding them settled as ‘perhaps the most curious act in rock today‘.
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“Ignored by scenesters and largely by the press, they can sell out Heaton Park in their home-town and must have played Reading countless times,” the review continues. “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.”
“Sure as eggs is eggs, the set closed with Not Nineteen Forever and What Took You So Long?, complete with the usual sprinkling of James’ Tomorrow. It would be interesting to see what would happen if these songs were somewhere (anywhere) else in the set. Still, an impressive showing nonetheless.”
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