Happy Mondays To Play ’Bummed’ Album In Full On 25th Anniversary UK Tour
Monday, 03 June 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
25 years on from their second album release ‘Bummed’, Happy Mondays have lined-up an anniversary UK tour - and the hype surrounding it is really picking up.
Quarter of a century on from it’s release, the record still sounds extraordinary and unique - marrying dense funkadelic grooves with biting post-punk guitars and disorientating, eddying keyboards, it makes for a vivid, unsettling, and elaborate whole.
The importance of this record can’t be overstated; ‘Bummed’ propelled the Happy Mondays into the wider public eye, found them dominating Top of the Pops and playing stadiums across the country. 'Bummed' is the crucial connector between indie and acid house, and of course, between rock and rave.
So, exactly 25 years later, we have a chance to hear this seminal and astonishing album played out in full; from the two-stepping ‘Country Song’ to a meeting with ‘Mad Cyril’ - plus a heady dose of ‘Lazyitis’ along the way. These performances are guaranteed to be unprecedented and phenomenal - so if you’re a fan, you can’t afford to miss out.
If you’re one of them, check the dates and links below to find Happy Mondays tickets through Stereoboard - tickets are on sale now.
Sat June 22nd 2013 - SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Open Air Theatre
Sat June 29th 2013 - LONDON HMV Forum London
Wed July 31st 2013 - KINGSTON Sandown Park Racecourse
Sun August 11th 2013 - CREWE Betley Court Farm
Fri November 22nd 2013 - LONDON The Forum
Thu November 28th 2013 - LEICESTER O2 Academy Leicester
Fri November 29th 2013 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 Academy Newcastle
Sat November 30th 2013 - LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
Sun December 1st 2013 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Wed December 4th 2013 - HATFIELD Forum
Thu December 5th 2013 - BOURNEMOUTH O2 Academy Bournemouth
Fri December 6th 2013 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Sat December 7th 2013 - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy Liverpool
Thu December 12th 2013 - SHEFFIELD O2 Academy Sheffield
Fri December 13th 2013 - OXFORD O2 Academy Oxford
Sat December 14th 2013 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
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Quarter of a century on from it’s release, the record still sounds extraordinary and unique - marrying dense funkadelic grooves with biting post-punk guitars and disorientating, eddying keyboards, it makes for a vivid, unsettling, and elaborate whole.
