Sleeper and The Bluetones will head out on a co-headlining tour in August and September. The Britpop bands will take turns to headline, with an evening filled with classic indie anthems. Both bands will be playing their debut albums in full. Their Glasgow date is at the O2 Academy on 28th August.
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Sleeper will play a 25th snniversary set of Smart, while The Bluetones will perform the double platinum No. 1 Expecting To Fly, both followed by a greatest hits set from each group.
Star-Shaped will also be hosting after-parties for all the dates, with an exclusive Mark Morriss DJ set each night which is included in the ticket price.
Sleeper enjoyed critical and commercial success in the mid 90’s achieving eight Top 40 singles across three albums.
Singles Inbetweener and Vegas were followed by other hits such as What Do I Do Now and Sale Of The Century. Their music was characterised by astute, observational lyrics and big, hook driven melodies, led by Louise Wener’s distinctly vocals. The band got back together again in 2017 and last year released their first album in 21 years, The Modern Age.
The original band of Andy Maclure (drums) and John Stewart (guitars) are now joined by Kieron Pepper (bass).
Louise Wener said of the tour “Our comeback gig after 20 years away was organised with the Star Shaped Festival, and we’ve felt connected to those tours ever since. We love the venues and enjoyed playing with The Bluetones: so when the idea was put forward it was an easy yes.”
“We’ve never played an album in full, even in the 90s. Our first response was, I’m not sure we can do it, and then we had all sorts of ideas that made it feel exciting.”
The Bluetones formed in 1993 and released their debut album Expecting To Fly in 1996 which entered the UK album charts at No. 1. The singles Bluetonic, Slight Return and Cut Some Rug all crashed into the Top 20. More hits followed including Solomon Bites The Worm, and If.
The band, consisting of the original line up of Mark Morriss (vocals), Adam Devlin (guitar), Scott Morriss (bass) and Eds Chesters (drums) have earned a reputation as an engaging and dynamic live outfit.
Mark Morris says: “Playing an album in its entirety is a pleasurable way of experiencing the natural cadences of the record as it was intended, unlike a normal set where the light and shade changes every night… These events are always such a celebration, a real joy to play. Nobody takes anything too seriously and the emphasis is always on playful hedonism for a day.”
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