photo credit – Brian Sweeney
Following on from their run of UK dates in the summer, Indie-rock legends Ocean Colour Scene are gearing up for the second leg of their UK tour in December 2023.
Frontman Simon Fowler, guitarist Steve Cradock and drummer Oscar Harrison will perform their biggest hits and anthems, including The Riverboat Song, The Circle, Traveller’s Tune, Hundred Mile High City and The Day We Caught The Train, at 14 dates starting in Bournemouth on 3rd December and ending on New Year’s Eve in Cardiff. The tour also includes dates at London’s Eventim Apollo on 16th December, two nights at the O2 Academy in Glasgow and, to end the tour, a New Year’s Eve show at Tramshed in Cardiff.
Formed in Birmingham in 1989, OCS spent six years fine-tuning their sound before lighting up the Britpop party with three Top 5 albums; 1996’s ‘Moseley Shoals’, 1997’s ‘Marchin’ Already’ and 1999’s ‘One From The Modern’. The band has also achieved seventeen Top 40 singles, including a staggering run of nine successive Top 20 singles and a mantelpiece full of awards.
As with all the best groups, behind the swagger and style were great songs, with words and melodies that found their way into the public’s hearts.
Honing their craft in the spirit of the soul, folk and blues greats who inspired them, Ocean Colour Scene’s celebrated live shows have cemented the relationship between the band and their fiercely loyal fanbase, with each concert serving as a communal outpouring of hope and joy, boasting the most life-affirming singalongs you’re likely to hear anywhere.
Speaking about the upcoming shows, Simon Fowler said, “After starting with a short run of dates in the summer, it’s going to be great ending the year on the road with Ocean Colour Scene, playing all the hits and more for some proper pre-Christmas partying with our fans who are the best in the land.”
Guitarist Steve Cradock said, “This feels like the first proper tour Ocean Colour Scene have done in years. Last year we managed six dates because of the World Cup, and the year before Covid was still scaring people, so we are going to make it something special. Roll up, roll up for the magical OCS Tour!”
The full list of Ocean Colour Scene tour dates for December 2023 are as follows:
3rd Dec Bournemouth O2 Academy
4th Dec Bristol Beacon
7th Dec Belfast The Telegraph Building
8th Dec Dublin 3Olympia Theatre
9th Dec Dublin 3Olympia Theatre
11th Dec Liverpool University Mountford Hall
12th Dec Sheffield O2 Academy
14th Dec Norwich UEA
15th Dec Wolverhampton The Halls
16th Dec London Eventim Apollo
18th Dec Glasgow O2 Academy
19th Dec Glasgow O2 Academy
20th Dec Newcastle O2 City Hall
31st Dec Cardiff Tramshed
For tickets go to: www.oceancolourscene.com
