Courteeners To Celebrate 'St Jude' 10th Anniversary With Manchester Arena Show
Monday, 11 December 2017
Written by Jon Stickler
Courteeners will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut LP, 'St. Jude', with a huge hometown show.
The indie band will perform the record at Manchester Arena on April 7, with tickets on sale a 9am on December 15. They will also return to the album at the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 23 as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series.
A newly recorded and unplugged version of the album, entitled 'St. Jude Re:Wired', will be released on April 6. Speaking about reworked songs, vocalist Liam Fray said:
"We were looking for a way to mark the 10 year anniversary of the release of St. Jude… we thought it might be worth at least raising a little glass to celebrate the fact that we’re still here. I’d been out on an acoustic tour this autumn, re-working and revisiting tunes from the back catalogue, stripping them back, bigging them up and experimenting with some different interpretations. The string section were incredible and unknowingly nudged me into unlocking something special. I loved revisiting all the old songs and putting a new twist on them. So, the day after the final date of my solo tour, I gingerly prised myself out of bed, booked a studio, rang the band, brought in some string-players and we ‘re-did’ St. Jude in a few days. And it sounds fucking brilliant."
The Courteeners Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri March 23 2018 - LONDON Royal Albert Hall
Sat April 07 2018 - MANCHESTER Arena
Sat May 26 2018 - WARRINGTON Victoria Park
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