THE STRANGLERS ‘MARCH ON’
2015 UK TOUR
The Stranglers announce their UK Headline Tour for March 2015
Following 2014’s spectacular, sell out Ruby Anniversary Tour and accompanying celebratory
box set album release, Giants & Gems, the Stranglers march ever onward with the
announcement of their 2015 UK tour.
As 2014 draws to a close, punk-era iconoclasts, The Stranglers can look back at what must be
one of their most successful years ever. Earlier this year the band celebrated their 40 th
anniversary with the spectacular Ruby Tour. Fans, old and new, flocked to venues throughout
the land to hear a thrilling programme of music, spanning five decades, performed by one of
the finest live groups in the country.
For The Stranglers it was a record-breaking UK tour with sell-out shows at venue after venue
as music fans voted with their feet. The press accolades came flooding in too, the groups’
considerable contribution and importance to the British music scene receiving well-deserved
recognition in the specialist music magazines and national newspapers alike. As the long hot
summer followed, the group found themselves gracing the main stages at many of the UK and
Europe’s premier festivals, including V Festival, T-in-the-Park and and Electric Picnic.
One of the punk era’s most eclectic and non compromising bands,The Stranglers have always
drawn upon a wide range of musical genres; from pop to prog, metal to jazz, creating their own
distinctive style. Each band member’s considerable, often downright virtuosic, musical talent
has allowed them to explore and expand their sonic palette, leading to some of the most
memorable pop and rock tunes of the last five decades; from the strident opening bass solo of
No More Heroes to the lilting harpsichord strains of Golden Brown. It is little wonder, then, that
the band were invited to perform with the London Sinfonietta at the 2013 BBC Proms at
London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Without doubt one of the most exciting, credible and influential British bands today, The
Stranglers will be one of the highlights on the 2015 live circuit – an essential show not to be
missed as they perform songs from their much-loved repertoire at venues throughout the
country next March.
‘Close to vintage’ – Uncut
‘The Stranglers have never sounded so alive’ – 4/5 Mojo
‘Never have they sounded so urgent.Never have they sounded so dark,never have they
sounded so philosophical, melodic, snarling and triumphant’ – Vive Le Rock 9/10
‘Enough of the old menace to satisfy the faithful’ - Q magazine
‘Britain’s longest-lived punk band remain lean and mean’ – Mail On Sunday 4 stars’
‘The Stranglers:a beefy musical stew dominated by brutal bass and smouldering organ.
The punk veterans prove they are still a force to be reckoned with’ - theartsdesk.com
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Brighton Dome
Guildford G Live
London Roundhouse
Sheffield O2 Academy
Liverpool O2 Academy 1
Cardiff University
Newcastle O2 Academy
Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Birmingham O2 Academy 1
Portsmouth Guildhall
Leeds O2 Academy
Bristol O2 Academy
Cambridge Corn Exchange
Manchester Academy 1
Oxford O2 Academy 1
Nottingham Rock City
Aberdeen Beach Ballroom
Kilmarnock Grand Hall
Glasgow O2 Academy
Tickets go onsale 9.00am Friday 19th September and will be available from
www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051
www.thestranglers.net
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Please contact warren@chuffmedia.com or on 020 8281 0989 for more info.