A fortnight ago Belly revealed they were reforming, and today we have the beloved '90s alt-rock band's first live dates: An August 11 gig at Bowery Ballroom in New York City. According to BrooklynVegan, tickets to the show go on sale Friday, February 26 at noon.
Surely -- hopefully! -- more dates are on the way. Earlier this month the band teased plans to play both here in the States and Europe this summer, and possibly the fall, so a local date around the New York show is likely. We'll post it as soon as we hear anything.
UPDATE 12:32 p.m.: Here is the Boston date, an August 12 show at Royale. More information is here, and tickets go on sale Friday.
"Belly is very happy to announce that we will be reuniting to play some shows this coming summer in the US and the UK," the band wrote earlier this month. "Dates will be announced as they are confirmed, but right now we can tell you with relative confidence that the UK shows will fall in the middle of July, and US shows will be scattered throughout August and possibly into September."
The reunited Belly lineup will feature Donelly (singer/guitar), Gail Greenwood (bass), Thomas Gorman (guitar) and Chris Gorman (drums), and new tunes will be part of the Belly 2.0 experience.
"We’ve also got a handful of brand new Belly songs in various stages of writing and recording, that we’ll be releasing one by one over the next few months," they add. "First previews will be right here on the website! In the meantime... new swag! We’ve got a couple beautiful new t’s and other extras designed by Chris Gorman, with more to come. Please keep checking this site, as we will be updating it regularly with news and information (and music). We are very excited to be playing together again, and hope to see you out there in Summer of 2016!
Check out a selection of Belly hits from yesteryear via our slider, as well as live appearances and a performance on the Jon Stewart Show...