Happy Mondays are hitting the road for a 25-date UK Tour through autumn 2022.
Shaun Ryder, Bez, Rowetta, Paul Ryder, Mark Day, Gary Whelan and Dan Broad will perform their classic hits such as 24 Hour Party People, Step On, Hallelujah and more during the shows.
The band’s first tour in three years will begin on October 7 and end on November 27, with a stop at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on October 15 and two hometown dates at Manchester Academy on November 3 and 4.
💥 HAPPY MONDAYS NEW UK TOUR 2022!!! 💥
— Happy Mondays (@Happy_Mondays) December 6, 2021
Happy Mondays will play a 25 date tour throughout the UK next October, November and December + special guests CAST
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Announcing the dates, Shaun Ryder says: “Really looking forward to the Happy Mondays 2022 tour. We’ll be playing all the hits so the shows will be fun!”
“How do, everybody. I can’t wait to get out on the road and do our headline tour next year around the country! Twisting my melons, man,” adds Bez.
And Rowetta beams: “Really looking forward to this. Everyone singing, playing & having it larger than ever! Can’t wait!”
Joining the Happy Mondays as the tour’s very special guests will be Liverpudlian indie rockers Cast, whose ten Top 20 singles include Walkaway, Alright and Finetime.
Tickets are on sale from Friday December 10.
The full list of tour dates is as follows:
OCTOBER
07 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
08 – Rock City, Nottingham
09 – Su Asylum, Hull
13 – Roadmender, Northampton
14 – Mountford Hall, Liverpool
15 – O2 Brixton Academy, London
21 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
22 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
27 – Dome, Brighton
28 – Glive, Guildford
29 – O2 Academy, Sheffield
NOVEMBER
03 – Academy, Manchester
04 – Academy, Manchester
05 – O2 Academy, Leeds
12 – O2 Academy, Bristol
13 – Kings George’s Hall, Blackburn
18 – The Nick Rayns Lcr, Norwich
19 – O2 Academy, Bournemouth
20 – O2 Academy, Oxford
24 – Alhambra Theatre*, Dunfermline
25 – Fat Sams*, Dundee
26 – Barrowlands, Glasgow
27 – Barrowlands, Glasgow
DECEMBER
03 – Limelight 1*, Belfast
04 – Vicar Street*, Dublin