Courteeners

Courteeners

When: 14th November 2024
Location: OVO Hydro

Tickets: from £41.45 Get Tickets

Courteeners are a Mancunian quintet who evolved from raw rockers to groove-laden indie. Coming to Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on 14th November 2024.

Coming from Manchester and playing anthemic indie rock will lead to some inevitable comparisons. So it proved for Courteeners, whose arrival in 2008 was seen in some quarters as the city’s fourth wave, after those spearheaded by The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Oasis. The quartet even worked with The Smiths and Morrissey producer Stephen Street on their 2008 debut St. Jude.

In reality, Courteeners’ debut aligned them more closely with other ’00s UK indie movers and shakers like Kaiser ChiefsThe KooksKasabian and Editors. Finding its place among the guitar band boom, it peaked at No.4 in the UK album charts.

The brash Mancunian attitude of their debut was totally absent on the band’s second album, 2010’s Falcon, which found the quartet easing back and opening up their sound with the addition of brass and strings. Courteeners split the difference between the two poles on their third album, 2013’s Anna. Synths and strings added a sweeping 80s-influence to their fourth offering, 2014’s Concrete Love.

When the band returned with Mapping The Rendezvous in 2016, almost all traces of their raw, raucous debut had been smoothed out into a mature pop sheen with an emphasis on danceability. Courteeners followed this path resolutely through to More. Again. Forever., emerging with an even tighter set that delved into electronica and disco grooves.

Moving into 2021

In 2021, the band confirmed a huge outdoor homecoming show at Emirates Old Trafford with support from Johnny MarrBlossomsThe Big Moon and Zuzu as well as performances at Scarborough Open Air Theatre and TRNSMT for September 2021. In advance of these appearances, Courteeners revealed a series of warm-up dates in Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent and Halifax. Plus, they announced their eight-date The Whites Of Their Eyes UK tour for November 2021.

In July 2024, Courteeners released the single ‘Solitude Of The Night Bus’ from their forthcoming album Pink Cactus Café, set for release October 2024, alongside news of an autumn UK tour.

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