Detroit Social Scene Confirm UK Tour, Reveal Details Of New Single & Tickets
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
New Year, new start. Detroit Social Club are ripping up the rule book and going it alone after setting up their own label, Fuck Pop. Through this the band will release their brand new single, 'I Am Revolution', on Monday March 28th.
Brisling with raw sounding guitars and a drum sound that cracks like a North Sea thunderstorm, new single 'I Am Revolution' is a return to the dirty rock and roll sound that made them their name. This is a no holds barred statement of intent from the uncompromising lords of the Tyne. Check out the video to 'I Am Revolution' below.
The band will also be embarking on a DIY tour of the UK. Kicking off in February, it will see them take in a massive 23 shows on what is to be their biggest tour to date. Sleeping on floors each night and hitting the road each day, the band are taking it back to basics playing at the small, sweaty rock clubs that originally fueled their love for life on the road.
Detroit Social Club dominated much of last year’s festival season; playing the main stage at the Isle of Wight festival, two shows at Glastonbury, V, T in the Park, Ibiza Rocks and Fuji Rocks, and coming 13th in NME’s poll of the best summer festival bands. They were also fortunate enough to support Oasis at their last ever show plus the likes of Primal Scream and Ian Brown.
The band released their critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Existence’ in May last year with Q magazine calling it “stunning and a genuinely brilliant debut album’, and the Sun hailing DSC as a band with ‘the swagger and attitude to conquer all before them’.
Tour dates:
February 2011
Thurs 17th - The Harley, Sheffield
Fri 18th - Bar Bliss, Liegh, Lancs
Sat 19th - GL3, Whitehaven
Thurs 24th - Capitol, Glasgow
Fri 25th - Greenside, Fife
March 2011
Wed 2nd - Sound house, Leicester
Fri 4th - Jam, Brighton
Sat 5th - Water Rats, London
Mon 7th - Louisiana, Bristol
Wed 9th - Bridgwater Sports, Somerset
Fri 11th - TBC, Leeds
Sat 12th - Live Lounge, Durham
Thurs 17th - Baileys Live, Grimsby
Fri 18th - Live Lounge, Blackburn
Sat 19th - The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool
Wed 23rd - Mama Liz’s Voodoo Lounge, Stamford, Lincs
Thurs 24th - Bodega, Nottingham
Fri 25th - Rainbow, Birmingham
Sat 26th - Squareone, Crewe
April 2011
Fri 1st - Ku Bar, Stockton
Sat 2nd - Fat Cats, Stoke
Fri 9th - Plugged Inn, Sunderland
Sat 10th - Gullivers, Manchester
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