Courteeners have announced details of a major UK tour this winter which includes a date at the new Bonus Arena in Hull.
Liam Fray and his band will visit the city on Thursday, 29 November and tickets for this standing/seated gig go on general sale at 9am on Friday, 31 August.
Following the band’s penultimate slots on the main stage at this year’s Reading & Leeds Festivals and headline appearances at Neighbourhood Festival and Truck Festival, the band will play a huge UK tour in November/December including arena shows in Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle and Hull, culminating in a return to London’s O2 Brixton Academy, their fifth headline show at the venue during their career.
Support on the tour comes from special guests Gerry Cinnamon and Zuzu.
This year saw the band celebrate the 10th anniversary of their gold selling debut album ‘St. Jude’. A reworked version of the album (‘St. Jude Re:Wired’) hitting the Top 5 of the Official UK Albums Chart.
The band played celebratory sold out shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust in March and Manchester Arena in April.
The Bonus Arena officially opens next Thursday with a show by the legendary Van Morrison.
Other gigs announced so far at the Arena include Madness, Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals, Jack White, The Vamps, Rhod Gilbert, Rick Astley, Boy George and Culture Club and The Harlem Globetrotters.
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After attending the opening night at Bonus Arena I attended the Best of 'Ull comedy night. Situated in the other part of the arena, we were running late and the weather was terrible I say that depending on your view after the heat we've had actually it wasn't cold it was just wet.
Anyway, the only downsides was no walk way from the adjoining car park to the venue doors and having to go outside for the box office. That's just a thing though really we all got wet and running late meant we had to head straight to the seats, it's just as impressive as the first time I was in there, steep though, no matter very very impressive. It meant everyone got a good view and thank god it was cool inside also.
Jed who I assume most of Hull knows fronts Hull Comedy Festival and is the face of Comedy for Hull hung out Monday at my place as I waned to get a feel for the vibe of his scene, career and I think it does you good to get to grass roots of anyone's passion, life and something they surround themselves with. I am surrounded by food and foodies so it's perfectly plausible to spend time with Jed to understand him.
Jed speaks what he sees so he's relatable and current, I'd say he appeals to everyone, every age, gender etc etc and I don't think he even needs to try to he just does. That's not just a comedy front it's the sign of a very likeable character that comes across on and off stage.
Opening up Jed made the audience laugh almost instantly, everyone cracked up which set us all up and actually makes you want to hear more from.
Steve Rimmer was the first act, I have seen Steve before which was when I first saw Jed. I can't lie I am not a fan, I don't like the jokes about Spring bank and I don't like the mock foreign accent. I think it's miss guided and mocking his act was the same as I saw him play way back. The fact the audience ( some not all) laughed was like the scenes at Black Panther when the tribes of Surma and Mursi tribes in Ethiopia where laughed at.
There's something quite dark and sinister about those jokes, laughs and misguided uneducated taunts. I just can't relate to, don't want to hear and I couldn't clap at the end of his stint.
Personally I think there is a time and a place, it wasn't either and although I am sure Steve didn't intend to come across like that I feel the people who found it funny are the very types who don't need to be encouraged. That being said there were parts that were funny, just a little less funny than I hoped for.
Onto Lois Mills, an act I have never heard of seen before and don't wish to again. I'm not sure if comedy is her strong point and acting should be her thing maybe neither should be as I am aware people go into character. I have no idea what she was trying to achieve with a log drawn out word, humming. The act didn't perform and I was bored, if I hadn't been given a press pass it would of resulted in me leaving the arena at that point.
Although I should add after a recent call I took a lot of people liked her, I guess it's just a difference in taste and humour, so with that in mind hats off to her.
After a short break and having a wonder in the interval we sat back down and I hoped for better, Jed introduced Jack Gleadow who I see spoken about on my social media. When people say they are not bragging, they are so what I am going to say is. I see people talking about Jack, my Facebook friends list is extensive and varies it's around four thousand deep and you can't find it I hid it because I'm not into social climbing, not off me anyway!
Jack has a solid reputation, clean, vibrant and he's very popular. Although I hadn't seen him before I trusted my Facebook friends and was eager to see him perform.
Including the audience was a genius move and was hysterically funny those guys was brought up twice and twice made fun off, took it well and made Jacks' act stand out, highlight talent and most people wanted to see more and told me they'd venture to see him again. Huge praise from the near on eight hundred strong crowd with laughs about online dating, old school comedy and an interactive performance.
Both Garry Jennison and David Smith were good in equal measures, humourous and talented I think I'd have to see both again to be able to convey more of an opinion though so apologies to both acts on the few words said. Never the less I will make a concerted effort to do just that an see you both locally as soon as I can.
The main act, the draw of the night was Angelos Epithemiou, we all knew it and we all wanted to see him. I am defo a Shooting Stars girl, that show had me in tears.I even have the dvd box set I watched it when the original was on the t.v and eight of ten cats now. Angelos is good act, he's brutally funny, a great character and remenisant of good humour. Flicking the v's from a bag he had with him and genrally being ballsy (see what I did there?) if you was at the gig it's standard and you'll get the pun. If you wasn't there you should of been! Clearly I loved Angelos and Jack the most and I would liked Jed to of done his own set, I think Jed could pull off his won show there all by himself he's got game!
Great night, great venue perfect Friday night fodder!
Jacks music is like a velvet running through your veins, like a silk running over your soul.
His voice is like a lyrical whiskey passing through your ears and not your lips but seeping into your soul.
Hot, all-consuming and going down with a warm feeling.
(No pun intended)
I can't help but feel VERY VERY VERY excited about this event
JACK WHITE IS COMING TO HULL VENUE
The Grammy award-winning Jack White will perform at Hull Venue on Thursday, 18 October. Tickets go on sale 10am on Friday!
When the White Stripes started in 1997 no one, least of all White, ever expected that a red, white and black two-piece band would take hold in the mainstream world. The band's self-titled debut and sophomore effort De Stijl amassed critical acclaim and built a passionate underground following, but it was the release of 2001’s White Blood Cells that thrust the White Stripes onto magazine covers as they captivated larger audiences through worldwide touring. “Fell in Love With a Girl” served as the band’s breakthrough hit and it's accompanying Michel Gondry Lego clip was chosen by Pitchfork as the #1 music video of the 2000s.
The release of Elephant in 2003 not only cemented the band’s reputation but also offered the #1 hit single “Seven Nation Army,” which has since been appropriated as arguably the most popular chant in sports stadiums around the world.
White formed a "new band of old friends," the Raconteurs, in 2006. Their debut album Broken Boy Soldiers featured the #1 hit single "Steady, As She Goes" and showed a markedly different side of White, one where songwriting, vocal and guitar duties were shared.
Jack White released his third solo album, Boarding House Reach (Third Man/XL Recordings), in March. The album, his first in four years, was produced by Jack White III and recorded at Third Man Studio in Nashville, TN, Sear Sound in New York, NY, and Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, CA; it was mixed by Bill Skibbe, Joshua V. Smith, and White at Third Man Studio in Nashville, TN. Tickets for Jack White at Hull Venue will go on sale Friday 10am via http://bit.ly/2FgaaFg
Tickets are priced £39 (standing) and £49 (seated). Booking fees apply.
Where do I begin with Jack?
Jack is a god, he's beautiful and he's talented
Here is a clip about his LP Lazaretto
Here's a little more about
Third Man Records actual store
This beautiful clip
I remember first seeing Jack and thinking
oh boy, what the hell is going on here.
I pretty much think most of the world was out for the count with Jack and his talent.
I last saw him play in Leeds a couple of years ago, it was a little rowdy, a few eager people but then Jack played.
I was standing and was just in total shock, some people I am sure couldn't pull that stage off.
Jack seemed to have everyone in a trance, the crowd went wild and I fell instantly in love with him.
Here are a few of my all time faves I hope you enjoy Jack, his music, his talent and most of all the GOD that is Jack!
In short, this is a perfect image of how I feel about Jack,
his music and EXACTLY how I feel when I play his music
(An image of myself)
We all know this one!
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LOVE ACTUALLY – IN CONCERT TO VISIT HULL VENUE THIS CHRISTMAS
Following on from a triumphant sold out 2017 premiere tour, Love Actually will once again be screened live across the UK with a full orchestra performing its enchanting score – just in time for Christmas.
The live concert will be coming to Hull Venue on 10 December.
Tickets for this seated show - priced from £29.50 to £65 (plus fees) - go on sale on Friday morning.
Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in cinemas in 2003, Love Actually tells 10 separate yet interweaving stories of love around Christmas time. A full, live orchestra will perform Craig Armstrong’s evocative score at these shows, with the film being projected onto a huge screen.
Make sure you kick off the holiday season and get into the Christmas spirit.
Tickets for Love Actually: In Concert go on sale on Friday 27 April from www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Alternatively you can call 0844 8440444. Calls cost 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge. For any queries regarding accessible ticketing please call 0800 9884440.
Hull Venue is a state-of-the-art, music and events complex with a capacity of up to 3,500 people that will allow Hull to attract large corporate conferences, exhibitions and trade tours as well as major touring concerts, stand-up comedy, family shows and sporting events. The plans include the building of the new arena, alongside the rebuilding of Osborne Street car park and additional public spaces in a currently derelict area on Myton Street adjacent to Princes Quay shopping centre. The arena is scheduled to open during the summer of 2018. The building is owned by Hull City Council and managed by SMG Europe
