The year 2016 has been a good one. Now it’ll end with Black Grape back in action and on stages across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The band, formed in the early ’90s by Shaun Ryder and Bez after the Happy Mondays split up, reunited last year for the 20th anniversary of debut album It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah. Now the band, which includes Paul “Kermit” Leveridge, has announced a UK tour for later this year and have promised new music, Black Grape’s first bit of tunes since 1997.
“I am loving Black Grape and really enjoying it this time round, more than ever,” says Ryder in a press release, via the NME. “I’m looking forward to doing It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah on tour and can’t wait to get stuck into recording a new album.”
Maybe they’ll pounce across the Atlantic for some stateside dates come 2017. We’ll see.
[h/t @DJAngieC]
Black Grape Live 2016
11th Nov: Waterfront, Norwich
12th Nov: Junction, Cambridge
13th Nov: Shiiine Weekender, Minehead
17th Nov: O2 Academy, Liverpool
18th Nov: Welly, Hull
23rd Nov: 02 ABC, Glasgow
24th Nov: Liqud Rooms, Edinburgh
25th Nov: Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen
07th Dec: Electric Ballroom, London
08th Dec: Rock City, Nottingham
09th Dec: Warehouse 23, Wakefield
22nd Dec: Roisin Dubh, Galway
23rd Dec: Vicar Street, Dublin
TODAY!!! 10am presale tickets for the BLACK GRAPE tour go on sale!! #BlackGrape #ShaunRyder https://t.co/kO6WitF8wp pic.twitter.com/9FX9K4m4KR
— Black Grape (@BlackGrape2015) May 18, 2016