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Mancunian quintet who evolved from raw rockers to groove-laden indie
Coming from Manchester and playing anthemic indie rock will lead to some inevitable comparisons. So it proved for Courteeners, whose arrival in 2008 was seen in some quarters as the city’s fourth wave, after those spearheaded by The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Oasis. The quartet even worked with The Smiths and Morrissey producer Stephen Street on their 2008 debut St. Jude.
In reality, Courteeners’ debut aligned them more closely with other ’00s UK indie movers and shakers like Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks, Kasabian and Editors. Finding its place among the guitar band boom, it peaked at No.4 in the UK album charts.
The brash Mancunian attitude of their debut was totally absent on the band’s second album, 2010’s Falcon, which found the quartet easing back and opening up their sound with the addition of brass and strings. Courteeners split the difference between the two poles on their third album, 2013’s Anna. Synths and strings added a sweeping 80s-influence to their fourth offering, 2014’s Concrete Love.
When the band returned with Mapping The Rendezvous in 2016, almost all traces of their raw, raucous debut had been smoothed out into a mature pop sheen with an emphasis on danceability. Courteeners followed this path resolutely through to More. Again. Forever., emerging with an even tighter set that delved into electronica and disco grooves.
In 2021, the band confirmed a huge outdoor homecoming show at Emirates Old Trafford with support from Johnny Marr, Blossoms, The Big Moon and Zuzu as well as performances at Scarborough Open Air Theatre and TRNSMT for September 2021. In advance of these appearances, Courteeners revealed a series of warm-up dates in Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent and Halifax. Plus, they announced their eight-date The Whites Of Their Eyes UK tour for November 2021.
In July 2024, Courteeners released the single 'Solitude Of The Night Bus' from their forthcoming album Pink Cactus Café, set for release October 2024, alongside news of an autumn UK tour.
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Don't like brew dog, took me an hour to consume 1st beer, piggy bap was cold n frozen, complained got a cooked cheeseburger, no dark fruits at 6pm, some rude people but lots of amazing humans too. It was fun
Kooks could've been better Courteeners unbelievable as usual, although set could and has been better
No more needs to be said other than I thought Liam was off his tats!
Courteeners never disappoints. Always amazing. Took my mate whos never listened to them before and she loved it
Great venue, loved Latham and Courteeners fantastic once again👊
What a fantastic experience yesterday, Lytham is a beautiful place so a big thanks to the local community. The police were friendly and approachable the stewards were vigilant and professional. Great choice of food inside and hardly any long queues at the ample bars. Only £6:95 for a pint of BrewDog Lost Lager which I thought was fair at a festival. Loads of toilets but should separate male and female portable toilets and give the girls more. The gig was amazing all three acts smashed it especially my favourite band the Courteeners. Please make it an annual gig lads🙏🙏 #memoriesforlife❤️❤️
The Courteeners were fabulous as always. It was my 19th time watching them and I've loved them since the start. We went to a pub for a drink first so unfortunately only heard a snippet of The Kooks whilst we were queueing up. I couldn't get the Ticketmaster app or Lytham app to work but luckily my tickets appeared in my emails and worked that way. We had to queue for 40 minutes to get in too!
