Legendary Liverpool post punk band are heading to Bristol in March 2024

Legendary Liverpool post punk band are heading to Bristol in March 2024

Posted on: 31 Oct 2023

Gloomy rock outfit, Echo & The Bunnymen will be playing Bristol as part of an eagerly anticipated UK tour dubbed, ‘Songs To Learn and Sing’.

 

Echo & The Bunnymen will play Bristol Beacon on Wednesday 6 March 2024.

 

The beloved 80s icons will be returning to Bristol next year as party of a lengthy ‘Best Of’ tour that will see them play all the dark and gloomy hits from their illustrious career at the pinnacle of British alternative music. General sale tickets for this show go on sale at 10 AM this Friday 3 November 2023.

 

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Formed in Liverpool in the late 1970s, the original Echo & The Bunnymen lineup consisted of larger-than-life vocalist Ian McCulloch, masterful guitarist Will Sergeant (both of whom remain in the group) and bassist Les Pattinson with Pete de Freitas joining the band soon after.

 

They began life as angular post-punks with their debut album Crocodiles in 1980, but their second record 1984’s Ocean Rain was a beautiful, cinematic piece and included perhaps the band’s most enduring numbers in, ‘The Killing Moon’.

 

1987’s self-titled record was far more stripped back than previous efforts and featured smash hit ‘Lips Like Sugar’. The band have since experienced great tragedy with the death of de Freitas, however, McCulloch and Sergeant maintain a rare musical telepathy, producing various gems including 2018’s The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon.

 

Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Songs To Learn & Sing’ tour of the UK will see them drop by venues in Norwich, Brighton, Bournemouth, Bristol, London, Cardiff, Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle and Liverpool across March 2024. Visit the band’s website for more information.

 

 

Echo & The Bunnymen will play Bristol Beacon on Wednesday 6 March 2024 with tickets going on general sale at 10 AM this Friday 3 November 2023 – secure yours HERE.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.