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Johnny Marr - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Johnny Marr Sets UK Dates

by Music-News.com on July 15, 2015

in Live,News

After two huge outdoor summer shows as guest to The Who and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, NME Godlike Genius Johnny Marr can now announce a new UK tour that includes a homecoming show at Manchester’s Albert Hall.

Johnny Marr has enjoyed a rapturous start to his solo career following the critical acclaim greeted to his Top 10 solo albums ‘The Messenger’ and ‘Playland’. Meanwhile his live shows have been celebrated for his ability to combine the best of his new material with select highlights from The Smiths plus others from his extensive back catalogue.

During the new tour, scheduled as below, Marr and his band will record a new live album ‘ the first live album that Marr has been a core member of since The Smiths’ famous ‘Rank’ album was released in 1988.

OCTOBER

4th ‘ Oxford, O2 Academy
5th ‘ Birmingham, Institute
7th ‘ Manchester, Albert Hall
10th ‘ Rockaway Beach Festival, Bognor Regis
11th ‘ Newcastle, University
13th ‘ Inverness, Ironworks
14th ‘ Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms

Tickets go on general sale from 9am on July 17th priced £25 in Manchester and £24 everywhere else (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee)

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Tickets are available for all shows here and here.

In addition to the new UK and Ireland headline tour, Marr’s summer festival schedule continues with Y Not (August 2nd), Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival (August 30th) and Rockaway Beach (October 10th). In addition, his international touring includes shows in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore.

‘Getting out on a UK tour is exciting for me,’ says Johnny. ‘There’s no substitute for going to a show and playing shows. Playing live is what it’s all about.”

Johnny Marr followed the release of ‘Playland’ with a major UK headline tour which included his largest London solo headline show to date at the O2 Academy Brixton and a homecoming show at the O2 Apollo Manchester. In addition to the dates with The Who and Noel Gallagher, he also played a Teenage Cancer Trust benefit show as guest to Paul Weller. His recent single ‘Candidate’ was named Record of the Week at XFM, and he also released his interpretation of Depeche Mode’s 1993 classic ‘I Feel You’ to mark Record Store Day.

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