Following the release of two career-peaking albums, including last week's chart-topping full-length, EscapeMichael Head and The Red Elastic Band will take their expanded songbook to 12 venues across the UK and Ireland this winter, culminating in the previously announced and unmissable homecoming at the Liverpool Philharmonic in mid-December.
As it looks to match or better its highest chart position, scheduled for the acclaimed 2022 Dear ScottThis week, demand to hear Head's extensive set, which celebrates more than 40 years in music, will see him open his second tour of the year in Cambridge on Thursday 31 October 2024.
Tickets for all newly announced upcoming dates in the UK and Ireland will go on sale to fans at 10am on Friday 24 May 2024.
legal loopholes Heading into the Official UK Albums Chart he has set the midweek chart at No. 6 and is expected to see fans rally around the revered songwriter, once named by NME as the greatest in the world. United Kingdom, and push for a new personal best. Having passed milestones in 2024, notably the 40th anniversary of the release of his first album as lead singer of The Pale Fountains, and 25 years since the release of Shack's classic. HMS FableHead has been able to take stock and move towards a bright future.
Coming together with fans to celebrate the past, the present and all that is to come, all newly confirmed and existing Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band Loophole Winter 2024 tour dates are as follows:
Thursday, October 31 – Cambridge, Story's Field Center
Friday 1 November – Huddersfield, The Parish
Sun 3 November – Edinburgh, Caves
Friday, November 8 – Leek, The Foxlowe Arts Center
Tuesday December 3 – Dublin, Sugar Club
Wednesday December 4 – Belfast, Empire
Friday 6 December – Bristol, Thekla
Saturday 7 December: Nottingham, rescue rooms
Sunday 8 December – Sheffield, Foundry Studio
Tuesday 10 December – York, The Crescent
Wednesday 11 December: Kendal, Brewery Arts
Friday, December 13 – Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
Tickets for all newly announced shows will go on sale, along with remaining tickets for Head's Liverpool Philharmonic homecoming, via available links. here.
Escape was released on multiple special vinyl formats, as well as limited edition, signed cassette, CD, and digital versions. The album, Head's third with The Red Elastic Band, was recorded at the famous YAWN Studios in West Kirby in the company of producer Bill Ryder-Jones, and features talented musicians, Phil Murphy (drums), Tom Powell (bass) , Nathaniel Cummings (guitar/backing vocals) and Martin Smith (trumpet).
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