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BLOSSOMS ANNOUNCE DECEMBER UK TOUR

Praise for Cool Like You:

“As good as today’s British pop rock gets” – The Observer

“A euphoric rollercoaster ride” – Sunday Times Culture

“Like an early greatest hits, Cool Like You is overflowing with singles” – NME

“Anthemic pop… another hit surely beckons” – Q Magazine

Blossoms have today announced a nine date UK tour for December 2018. Calling in Glasgow, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol and Southampton, the run of shows also includes two gigs at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse and a London date at O2 Brixton Academy. Fuzzy Sun will be supporting Blossoms on all dates and Sam Fender will be main support on their Glasgow and London show.

Speaking about the shows, the band said:

‘Did you know that the karaoke machine was invented in our home town of Stockport in 1975? The Japanese bought the idea and gave it the name. In honour of this bit of genuinely juicy hometown trivia, this tour will be, in the main, a massive sing-a-long. Generally, memory making magic. See you there’.

Following its release in April, Blossoms second album Cool Like You has amassed over 18,000,000 streams worldwide. The album charted at number 4 in the UK album chart and spawned the anthemic singles I Can’t Stand It and There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls).

Blossoms’ December dates will follow a series of summer festivals that have seen the band play at Isle of Wight, All Points East, TRNSMT and Nos Alive, amongst others.

Tickets for Blossoms December UK tour go on sale at 9.00am on Friday 27th July, with artist and 02 pre-sales at 9.00am on Weds 25th July.

“Massive riffs and surging singable choruses that’ll make you feel 10ft tall.” – NME

“The Stockport band’s cathartic sing-alongs hark back to the region’s pop greats.” The Guardian

“Mancunian pop perfection” Shortlist

“Minor key moodiness with the kind of bravado not seen since the glory days of The Stone Roses and The La’s” The Times

Following the release of their highly-anticipated debut album, out August 5^th, Blossoms will embark on a headline UK tour, taking in 11 venues across the country including London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town and The Academy in Manchester.

Ahead of the tour, Blossoms will perform a hometown show at the Stockport Plaza at midnight on August 5^th (Thursday night!). The band also recently announced two special album launch shows at Manchester’s Gorilla, one of which will be a matinee performance, on Sunday August 7^th – the shows sold out in just 3 minutes. 

The forthcoming self-titled album was recorded at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studios, produced by the band’s sonic mentor, The Coral’s James Skelly and Rich Turvey. The pair produced early EPs Blown Rose and Charlemagne (No 1 in iTunes Alternative Chart as well Christmas No 1 in the UK Vinyl Chart), their first release of 2016 – the dark future-glam of At Most A Kiss (No.1 in the iTunes chart) and current radio hit ‘Getaway’ (playlisted across Radio 1, Radio 2, 6 Music, Radio X and Absolute).  “James has been really important for us,” says Ogden. “He can listen to one of our songs and instinctively know what bits to push forward. He’s got an amazing ear for a good pop melody. He just brings out our best, and makes it a little bit weird in the mix as only he can. Being fans of The Coral anyway, having him produce our debut album is a perfect marriage.”

Taken from the debut album, ‘My Favourite Room’ is now available as a download for anyone who pre-orders the album. Watch the band perform an acoustic version of the song at The Great Escape earlier this year here

Blossoms are currently performing at festivals across Europe and have already appeared at Glastonbury, Field Day, Bilbao BBK, Rock Werchter, The Great Escape, T in the Park, Parklife and Isle of Wight Festival. The band will also be appearing at Reading and Leeds, Kendal Calling, Festival No.6 and more.