SPILL NEWS: THE CHARLATANS UK ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR | RIDE’S MARK GARDENER REMIXES LATEST SINGLE

THE CHARLATANS UK ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR | RIDE’S MARK GARDENER REMIXES LATEST SINGLE

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The Charlatans UK have announced the North American leg of their tour, beginning September 3 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA, and concluding on September 26 at Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Steel. Highlights include a pair of Golden State headline shows featuring support from The Dandy Warhols and additional special guests to be announced soon, slated for Santa Ana, CA’s The Observatory (September 3) and Los Angeles, CA’s iconic Hollywood Palladium (September 4). Local pre-sales begin on Wednesday, April 22, at 12:00 noon (local). All remaining tickets will be released to the general public on Friday, April 24, at 10:00 am (local).

The upcoming headline run celebrates the recent arrival of The Charlatans UK’s acclaimed 14th studio album, We Are Love, available now via BMG. The latest milestone in an extraordinary career spanning 13 albums, 22 Top 40 UK singles, three #1 UK albums, and an array of era-defining anthems like “The Only One I Know,” “North Country Boy” and “One to Another,” the album launches a bold new era for the much-beloved British band – Tim Burgess (vocals) Martin Blunt (bass), Mark Collins (guitar), Tony Rogers (keyboards) and Pete Salisbury (drums) – one that finds them at peace with their past while looking forward to a bright future. Recorded at Wales’s legendary Rockfield Studios and their own Big Mushroom in Middlewich, Cheshire with producers Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange and Lightspeed Champion), Fred Macpherson (Spector, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man), and Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, The Cranberries), the album honors the highs and the lows of The Charlatans UK’s own mighty legacy, whilst not being defined by it, a career-long drive to be progressive and innovative. To herald the upcoming tour, the band has released a remix of the single “We Are Love” by Ride’s Mark Gardener.

Hailed by Mojo in a four-starred rave as “joy-sparking…it works beautifully, gently distorting (The Charlatans UK’s) songwriting surfaces with sudden psychedelic sun-spots and experimental flares,” We Are Love includes such instant classic singles as the Hammond organ-driven “Deeper and Deeper” and the celebratory statement of intent and title track, “We Are Love,” both joined by official music videos and electrifying live performances on the UK’s Later…with Jools Holland.

One of the most enduring UK bands of the last four decades, The Charlatans UK are currently poised to embark on the UK/EU leg of their tour in support of We Are Love, with sold-out dates beginning this Friday, April 24, at Norwich’s Norwich UEA and then continuing into early May. A number of top-billed festival performances are also scheduled, including Grenada, Spain’s Degusta Fest Armilla (May 15-16), Emo, Ireland’s Forest Fest Music Festival (July 24), Herefordshire, UK’s Lakefest (August 6), and Wellingborough, UK’s Roseshire Festival (August 29).

Tour Dates

APRIL
24 – Norwich, United Kingdom – Norwich UEA (SOLD OUT)
25 – Brighton, United Kingdom – Dome (SOLD OUT)
26 – Bournemouth, United Kingdom – O2 Academy
28 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – Tramshed (SOLD OUT)
29 – Nottingham, United Kingdom – Rock City (SOLD OUT)

MAY
1 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – O2 Academy
2 – Sheffield, United Kingdom – Octagon Centre (SOLD OUT)
3 – Newcastle, United Kingdom – O2 City Hall
5 – Aberdeen, United Kingdom – Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
6 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – Corn Exchange
15–16 – Granada, Spain – Degusta Fest Armilla †

JULY
24 – Emo, Ireland – Forest Fest Music Festival †

AUGUST
6 – Herefordshire, UK – Lakefest †
29 – Wellingborough, UK – Roseshire Festival †

SEPTEMBER
3 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory ^
4 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium ^
5 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
7 – San Francisco, CA – The Castro Theatre
10 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
11 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
12 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
16 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
17 – Chicago, IL – Park West
19 – Detroit, MI – El Club
20 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
21 – Montreal, QC – Fairmount Theatre
22 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
23 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
25 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
26 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel

† Festival Appearance
^ w/ The Dandy Warhols
and Special Guests TBA

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