News: Happy Mondays Confirm “Pills ‘n Thrills” 25th Anniversary Tour
on April 16th, 2015 at 21:33Including Opening Night At Southampton Guildhall
Manchester’s legendary Happy Mondays have confirmed a eighteen-date tour for November and December 2015 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the band’s classic album “Pills ‘n’ Thrills And Bellyaches” – with the band set to perform the album in its entirety, in addition to other hits.
Looking ahead to the tour Happy Mondays’ frontman Shaun Ryder said, “Great to be doing twenty-five years of “Pills ‘n Thrills”. Here’s to another twenty-five years. I’m going to remember it this time.”
Ryder added, “There’s some really great work on “Pills ‘n Thrills”. It was the album that put us on Top of The Pops.”
Released on 27th November 1990, “Pills ‘n Thrills” spent thirty-one weeks on the UK albums chart, peaking at #4, and was preceded by the release of Happy Mondays’ biggest hit singles, “Step On” and “Kinky Afro”, which both reached #5 in the UK singles chart.
The tour will kick-off on Thursday, 5th November at O2 Guildhall, Southampton and will end on Wednesday, 10th December at Dublin’s Vicar St.
The full tour dates are as follows:
November
Thu 5th – Southampton, O2 Guildhall
Fri 6th – Birmingham, O2 Academy
Thu 12th – Sheffield, O2 Academy
Fri 13th – Liverpool, O2 Academy
Sat 14th – Newcastle, O2 Academy
Sun 15th – Glasgow, O2 Academy
Fri 20th – Manchester, Academy
Sat 21st – Leeds, O2 Academy
Thu 26th – Nottingham, Rock City
Fri 27th – Norwich, UEA
Sat 28th – Bristol, O2 Academy
Sun 29th – Cardiff, Cardiff Uni The Great Hall
December
Thu 3rd – London, O2 Academy Brixton
Fri 4th ñ Lincoln, Engine Shed
Sat 5th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Sun 6th – Oxford, O2 Academy
Wed 9th – Llandudno, Venue Cymru
Thu 10th December, Dublin, Vicar St
Tickets on general sale at 9.00am on 17th April from Ticketweb.co.uk / 0844 477 2000.
Happy Mondays online:
https://www.facebook.com/HappyMondaysOnline
