Echo & The Bunnymen announce huge UK tour for 2024

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, one of the most influential British bands in modern history, have announced a major UK tour for March 2024. The tour will celebrate the songs that have brought the band twenty Top 20 hits and nine Top 20 albums so far during their incredible 40+ year career.

 

The band’s seminal albums Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, Porcupine and Ocean Rain have been a major influence for many groups such as Coldplay, The Killers, The Flaming Lips and Hole, whilst later albums Evergreen, What Are You Going To Do With Your Life and Siberia & Meteorites demonstrate what an amazing body of work the band has. Their latest studio album The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon was released in 2018 with Q Magazine calling it “Magical”.

Echo & The Bunnymen have always held a special place for us at MGM. As a massive fan of the Radcliffe and Riley radio pairing, more commonly known as ‘Mark & Lard’ in the late 1990s through early 2000s, I still remember when the pair were dumped unceremoniously from the Radio One Breakfast Show only 8 months into their tenure. The last song played by Radcliffe on the flagship show…. the prophetic ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’

Now Mark & Lard of course found their spot on the afternoon slot, but that’s another story. For me EaTB and that haunting track remain as one of my most powerful radio memories and it still evokes a wealth of emotions when I hear it. 

Emotion is probably the right word to describe the music the band have put together over the years. There’s not a single fan out there that doesn’t have a favorite song that triggers the sort of emotions that see us laughing, crying, contemplating and more on the back of one of the songs from this phenomenal band. To be able to hear all of those songs collected together and performed live, well that would be the dream wouldn’t it? 

Then check out the dates below: 

MARCH 2024

Sat 02 NORWICH UEA
Sun 03 BRIGHTON Dome
Tue 05 BOURNEMOUTH O2 Academy
Wed 06 BRISTOL Beacon
Fri 08 LONDON Roundhouse
Sun 10 CARDIFF University Great Hall
Tue 12 NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Wed 13 BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
Sat 16 MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Sun 17 MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Tue 19 SHEFFIELD City Hall
Wed 20 GLASGOW Barrowland
Fri 22 LEEDS O2 Academy
Sat 23 NEWCASTLE O2 City Hall
Mon 25 LIVERPOOL Empire Theatre
Tue 26 LIVERPOOL Empire Theatre