Two of the UK’s most influential and iconic bands, Manic Street Preachers and Suede, have today announced a massive co-headline tour for summer 2024. The dates, starting at Llangollen in Wales on 28th June, take in some of the UK and Ireland’s premier outdoor venues, including Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl and Cardiff Castle, before culminating at London’s Alexandra Palace Park on Thursday 18th July.
Manic Street Preachers are one of the most influential and iconic rock bands to have come out of Wales. They have released 14 studio albums and headlined countless festivals, including Glastonbury, T in the Park, V Festival and Reading & Leeds. They have won eleven NME Awards, eight Q Awards and four BRIT Awards and were also nominated for the Mercury Prize and the MTV Europe Music Awards.
The band are currently working on their 15th studio album, the follow-up to The Ultra Vivid Lament, which entered the UK charts at No. 1 on its release in September 2021. They last performed in the UK this summer when they made critically acclaimed performances at the Isle of Wight and Glastonbury festivals.
The news of the tour meets huge demand surrounding the success of Suede’s ninth studio album Autofiction and their entirely sold-out UK headline tour earlier this year. Debuting at #2 in the UK Albums Chart, the release marked Suede’s highest charting LP since 1999’s Head Music. The new album has been received as a career peak by fans and critics alike.
2023 has seen the release of Suede30 – a timely reminder of how the band’s debut album had such a powerful and transformative effect on British music from the outset. Suede’s eponymous debut shot to #1 in the UK Album Charts upon its release, selling over 100,000 copies in its first week, winning the prestigious Mercury Prize and becoming the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK at that time.
Suede and the Manic Street Preachers’ UK and Ireland shows will follow a sold-out 2022 US tour that saw both bands greeted with a fantastic reception. Spin Magazine hailed “a joyous return”, Riff Magazine said there was “Unstoppable energy” and Under The Radar declared it “Excellent”. The groups are also playing several dates in Asia together next month in Taiwan, Singapore and Japan.
Tickets go on sale at 9 am Friday 13th October via www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk. For Ireland, tickets will be available via www.ticketmaster.ie.
Suede’s Brett Anderson says, “I can’t think of a band I’d rather share a stage with than the Manic Street Preachers. They have long been an inspiration to us, and I know there are thousands of Suede fans who feel the same. It’s nearly 30 years since we last played together and I think these shows are going to be something really special.”
Manic Street Preachers added, “We first toured with Suede in 1994 when we played with them all across Europe. Back then, it always felt like both our bands shared a certain kind of kinship, both aesthetically and historically. It still feels that way now, nearly three decades later.”
UK and Ireland Tour Dates
28th June | Llangollen, UK – Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod *
2nd July | Dublin, IE – Dublin Trinity College **
5th July | Cardiff, UK – Cardiff Castle *
10th July | Edinburgh, UK – Edinburgh Castle *
12th July | Manchester, UK – Castlefield Bowl *
13th July | Leeds, UK – Millenium Square **
18th July | London, UK – Alexandra Palace Park **
*Manic Street Preachers close the show
**Suede close the show
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