The Britpop darlings will be on the road from August (Picture: PA)
Ocean Colour Scene have announced a 13-date UK tour they say will give fans ‘some proper pre-Christmas partying’.
Yes, it’s only March, but plan ahead we must with shows like this.
The Britpop-era band, formed in Solihull, West Midlands in 1989, will begin the two-leg tour on August 18 at Dreamland in Margate and end it at the O2 Academy in Glasgow on December 18.
The tour also includes a date at London’s Eventim Apollo on December 16, as well as shows in Bristol, Sheffield, Liverpool and Halifax.
Frontman Simon Fowler, guitarist Steve Cradock and drummer Oscar Harrison will perform hits from their biggest albums, including The Riverboat Song and The Day We Caught The Train.
The band reached number one in 1997 with their third album Marchin’ Already and had five top 10 albums overall, as well as six top 10 singles and 17 top 40 singles.
Ocean Colour Scene have been going for well over 30 years, wth a few line-up changes along the way (Picture: PA)
Fowler said: ‘After starting with a short run of dates in the summer, it’s going to be great ending the year on the road with Ocean Colour Scene, playing all the hits and more for some proper pre-Christmas partying with our fans who are the best in the land.’
Guitarist Cradock said the shows felt like ‘the first proper tour Ocean Colour Scene have done in years’.
He continued: ‘Last year we managed six dates because of the World Cup, and the year before Covid was still scaring people, so we are going to make it something special.
‘Roll up, roll up for the magical OCS Tour.’
Original OCS line-up Damon Minchella, Steve Cradock, Oscar Harrison and Simon Fowler in 1992. (Picture: Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Fowler praised the group’s fans as ‘the best in the land’ (Picture: Redferns)
Drummer Harrison added: ‘Looking forward to seeing everyone on tour – and we’re very happy that the final night will take place in Glasgow, a city with whom Ocean Colour Scene has always had a very special relationship.’
The band, formed in 1990, supported both Paul Weller and Oasis on tour in the first half of the decade – including one of the legendary Knebworth House concerts – before becoming international known in their own right.
Scottish musician Raymond Meade joined the permanent Ocean Colour Scene line-up in 2016, following the departures of both Dan Sealey and Andy Bennett.
Former bassist Damon Minchella split with the group previously in the early 2000s.
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Ocean Colour Scenes released their last album of original songs in 2013 with Painting, and a 230-track career-spanning box set entitled Yesterday, Today 1992-2018 earlier this year.
Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday at http://www.oceancolourscene.com.
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They reckon it’s ‘the first proper tour Ocean Colour Scene have done in years’.