Scouting For Girls, the British pop band who six years ago took the country by storm with their witty lyrics and catchy pop songs, have announced that they are departing on their ‘Greatest Hits Tour’ which will commence on Sunday November 10th at the UEA in Norwich before coming to Liverpool for the final date on November 24th.
The band has also released their Greatest Hits album through Sony which came out on Monday July 29th. The album includes two brand new songs including first single Millionaire released on 21st July 2013, alongside favourites such as She’s So Lovely, Heartbeat and Elvis Ain’t Dead.
Over the course of three sparkling, life-affirming, Top 10 albums Scouting For Girls have made the journey from playing pubs in Harrow and Ruislip to headlining Wembley Arena.
Roy met future SFG drummer Peter Ellard at cubs (“Roy was my sixer. He told me what to do then and he’s been telling me what to do for 20-odd years.”) The pair stayed friends, but Scouting For Girls were really born on a cold February evening in 1995, when Suede came to the Watford Coliseum. Roy and his school friend Greg Churchouse went together. For both it was their first gig.
“We were sat cross-legged at the back having a cheeky under-age beer,” remembers Greg, now, of course, SFG bassist. “This magical, mystical experience blew our minds.”
“That night we knew we’d form a band,” states Roy. “We couldn’t play instruments, but we both thought ‘we’ll do this or we’ll die trying. Obviously we didn’t know it would take us over 10 years of trying…” This, then, is the tale of three friends who followed their dream, seduced a nation and sold two million records along the way.
Tickets for the Liverpool gig are available from the 02 Academy Box office on Hotham Street. Tickets are on sale from Friday 2nd August.