Echo & The Bunnymen have announced new tour dates which will see them tour across the U.K. this winter before returning to Liverpool for a hometown show on February 20th at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. .
This June saw Echo & The Bunnymen release their twelfth studio album; Meteorites, their first studio record in five years to worldwide critical acclaim. Meteorites contains ten new songs written by front man Ian McCulloch and performed with fellow original band-member Will Sergeant on guitar and was produced by Youth, who has in the past produced The Verve, Shack and The Orb.
Formed in Liverpool in 1978, Echo & The Bunnymen have been responsible for some of the most celebrated singles in all music history – Rescue, The Killing Moon, Lips Like Sugar, The Cutter, The Back of Love and Nothing Lasts Forever to name but a few – The Bunnymen have recorded many classic albums in their long illustrious career, albums like their debut Crocodiles in 1980, the majestic Heaven Up Here in ’81, Porcupine (produced by Ian Broudie) in 1983, the orchestral-rock masterpiece Ocean Rain in 1984, their classic comeback album Evergreen in 1997 and the haunting What Are You Going To Do With Your Life’? in 1999.
Echo & the Bunnymen have just returned from a sell-out North American tour and performed Holy Moses on The Late Show With David Letterman, the band’s loyal and ever growing following is showing no signs of abating. The album Meteorites is a key addition to their repertoire and sees them continue to be one of the most seminal British rock acts in modern history.
Tickets for their new U.K. dates are on sale now and are available fromhttp://gigst.rs/EATB // 0844 811 0051.