(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) – British alternative rock legends Echo & The Bunnymen have announced details of a full world tour.
The band will kick off the dates at Nottingham Rescue Rooms on October 22nd, then will travel around the globe before returning to the UK to wrap up the tour at the Liverpool Academy on December 16th.
The tour is in support of their upcoming release “Siberia,” which is due out on September 19th. The single “Stormy Weather” will be released on September 5th.
Singer Ian McCulloch told reporters that, “The band we’ve got around us now are the closest to the old Bunnymen we’ve ever had. Not that we’ve intentionally set out to capture the past in anyway. I think I’d been trying to get away from the approach of ‘Heaven Up Here’ or ‘Porcupine’ where a lot of the songs were based on a single note, or a pulse even.”
He added, “But with this album I thought, let’s just slide in there and see what happens. It was Will (Sergeant, guitar), really, who reminded me that we used to do things more instinctively. We’ve tried to be a little less structured in the songwriting, but not forgetting the importance of a good song. We’ve got the balance here, I think.”
The full Echo & The Bunnymen world tour dates:
Oct. 22 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Oct. 23 – Glasgow, Barrowlands
Oct. 24 – Sheffield, Leadmill
Oct. 26 – Norwich, UEA
Oct. 27 – Manchester Academy
Oct. 28 – Leeds, Blank Canvas
Oct. 30 – Birmingham Academy
Oct. 31 – Portsmouth, Pyramids
Nov. 1 – London, Shepherds Bush Empire
Nov. 3 – Koln, Prime Club
Nov. 4 – Hamburg, Grunspan
Nov. 6 – Berlin, Columbia Club
Nov. 7 – Copenhagen, Vega Jnr
Nov. 8 – Amsterdam, Paradiso
Nov. 10 – Antwerp, Hof Der Lo
Nov. 18 – Washington DC, Black Cat
Nov. 19 – Boston, Axis
Nov. 20 – New York, Irving Plaza
Nov. 22 – Philadelphia, Theater Of The Living Arts
Nov. 23 – Toronto, The Carlu
Nov. 25 – Chicago, Metro Smart Bar
Nov. 26 – Minneapolis, Fine Line Music Café
Nov. 28 – Denver, Gothic Theatre
Nov. 30 – Boise, The Big Easy
Dec. 1 – Portland, Wonder Ballroom
Dec. 2 – Vancouver, Richard's on Richard
Dec. 3 – Seattle, Showbox
Dec. 5 – San Francisco, The Filmore
Dec. 6 – Los Angeles, House Of Blues
Dec. 7 – Anaheim, House Of Blues
Dec. 9 – San Diego, House Of Blues
Dec. 16 – Liverpool Academy
–by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers
