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Upcoming: Blossom to play Portsmouth Guildhall

Upcoming: Blossom to play Portsmouth Guildhall

Blossoms have revealed details of their headline UK and Ireland tour for October nd November this year.

The Stockport indie band will be embarking on an extensive 20-date run of shows in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Glasgow and beyond. The tour includes dates on the South coast in November, in Brighton (5th), Portsmouth (7th) and Bournemouth (8th).

Tickets for the gigs are on sale here from 9.30am on Friday 23 August.

Full tour dates are detailed on the tour poster, with support coming from Red Rum Club.

Speaking about the upcoming tour, Blossoms say: “We’ve been waiting to announce this tour for a while! This album was recorded live so we cant wait to play the new tunes. Along with all your favourites at these great venues in a couple of months. Gary might even be at some (depending on venue stage heights)”.

Blossoms new album ‘Gary’ is produced by the bands regular collaborator James Kelly of The Coral. Alongside Jungle’s Josh-Lloyd Watson, who produced ‘What Can I Say After I’m Sorry’ and ‘Nightclub’. CMAT has also co-written two tracks on the album, “I Like Your Look” and “Why Do I Give You The Worst Of Me?”. The band have released three singles from the album to date – ‘Perfect Me’, ‘Gary’, and ‘What Can I Say After I’m Sorry?’.

Since forming in 2013, Blossoms have enjoyed widespread success and acclaim. Their 2016 debut ‘Blossoms’ topped the album charts for two consecutive weeks and went on to earn the band BRIT Award and Mercury Prize nominations.

While 2018’s ‘Cool Like You’ charted at Number 4 in the UK album chart, spawning the anthemic singles ‘I Can’t Stand It’, ‘There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)’ and ‘How Long Will This Last?’.

Their third studio album, 2020’s ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’ was the band’s second UK Number 1 album, with their fourth studio LP ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’ gave the band their third UK Number 1 album. With the record’s standout tracks ‘Ode To NYC’, ‘The Sulking Poet’ and ‘Care For’ well established as fan favourites.

Blossoms have had five Top 5 albums in the UK, including their ‘In Isolation/Live From The Plaza Theatre, Stockport’ release.


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