You may not be 19 forever, but it could be 13 years since you saw one of your favorite bands play live in your city. That’s the case with Courteeners, the celebrated Manchester indie group who this week return for their first United States live shows since 2009, when they played Coachella and toured with Morrissey (including a House of Blues Boston show). And it kicks off tonight (November 10) at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, just up Harvard Avenue from where Courteeners anthems like “Not Nineteen Forever” and “You Overdid It Doll” were standards at the pill indie dance night at Great Scott.
With five stateside dates in all (they head to New York City, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles after tonight), it should be a fun run of intimate club dates for a band that plays to massive audiences in England, including a June 2019 hometown date at Heaton Park that sold 50,000 tickets in just a few hours. Courteeners last album was 2020’s More. Again. Forever., and we hyped its lead single “Heavy Jacket”. Dance like you were young again, and get all the Courteeners dates after the jump.
COURTEENERS + THE BACKFIRES :: Thursday, November 10 at Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave. in Allston, MA :: 7 p.m., all ages, $20 :: Event page :: Advance tickets
Courteeners 2022 USA Tour:
November 10: Boston MA, Brighton Music Hall
November 11: Brooklyn NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg
November 12: New York NY, The Bowery Ballroom
November 13: Philadelphia PA, The Foundry The Fillmore Philadelphia
November 16: Los Angeles CA, Troubadour