Solid have a good time 30 years of their famend debut album, All Change, after they play it in full on tour later this 12 months.
Solid are in the very best place they’ve been in for many years. Final 12 months’s Love Is The Name album earned a wave of vital acclaim and achieved the band’s highest chart place in 25 years. And one other large second adopted with the information that they are going to assist Oasis on the UK and Eire leg of their long-awaited stadium reunion tour.
However now Solid return to the place all of it started with affirmation of their 30 Years of All Change Tour. Opening in Dublin, with stops together with London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, the tour will culminate with a homecoming present on the Liverpool Olympia. The band nonetheless options three members from the band that recorded the album: John Energy (vocals, guitar), Liam ‘Pores and skin’ Tyson (guitar) and Keith O’Neill (drums).
Timeless & Basic
John Energy says, “All Change was the debut document that captured the spirit and the power of the band. It nonetheless feels as contemporary because the day after we launched it. It’s important to be of a sure time to document one thing so timeless and traditional and I feel we achieved that with All Change.”
Press play on All Change and also you’re hit with what seems like a ‘Best Hits’ assortment. There’s the jangly, uplifting melodic rush of their first two singles Alright and Finetime, two Prime 10 hits with the moody psychedelia of Sandstorm and the affecting ballad Walkaway, plus deeper minimize fan favourites resembling Promised Land and 4 Partitions. The album debuted at No.7 and spent virtually a 12 months within the Prime 40, resulting in Platinum certification in recognition of greater than 300,000 home gross sales.
As well as, John Energy can be at present embarking upon an intimate tour wherein he’s performing a combination of solo materials, Solid songs and tracks from his time with The La’s.
Solid All Change Tour
29 Oct – 3Olympia, Dublin
30 Oct – Telegraph Constructing, Belfast
06 Nov – Rock Metropolis, Nottingham
07 Nov – O2 Academy, Oxford
08 Nov – Enviornment, Torquay
13 Nov – O2 Institute, Birmingham
14 Nov – Uni Y Plas, Cardiff
15 Nov – O2 Academy, Leeds
20 Nov – O2 Academy, Bournemouth
21 Nov – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
22 Nov – Albert Corridor, Manchester
27 Nov – Leadmill, Sheffield
28 Nov – NX, Newcastle
29 Nov – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
05 Dec – Olympia, Liverpool
The tour options assist from Pastel, the hotly-tipped Manchester band who lately launched their debut album Souls In Movement.
Tickets, listed above, go on basic sale right here from 10am on Friday, March 14.
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