Transvision Vamp star Wendy James is heading out across the UK for a new solo tour.
Kicking off August 26 in Blackpool, the trek runs through October, hitting cities including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds and London.
“The venues, who’ve been under extraordinary pressure to stay afloat, were inundated with every single band rescheduling,” she says. “But! We did it…
From Truro to Paisley and from Norwich to Swansea and everywhere in between!
— THE WENDY JAMES (@THEWENDYJAMES) July 21, 2021
Not only are we celebrating a return to live venues, we are celebrating my No.16 album QUEEN HIGH STRAIGHT, but also a different set list every night, from Transvision Vamp through all my albums! pic.twitter.com/0ttRpdBUAN
“Thank you to the venues, the promoters and of course thank you to the National Health Service, my love to anyone and everyone who has lost someone to this pandemic, thank you to you all for getting vaccinated and helping open our collective lives again! And… Thank you to THE WENDY JAMES BAND!
“Most musicians have had to find other ways of money earning because they simply couldn’t work their chosen vocation… very hard indeed.
“But my band did what they had to do, and we’re still standing and happier than ever to be heading into rehearsals to get this mammoth setlist learnt and then hit the road! Finally!”
The shows will feature tracks from Wendy’s solo career – including latest LP ‘Queen High Straight’ – along with favourites from her Transvision Vamp years.
And don’t expect the same experience twice – the singer has teased a completely different setlist for each night of the tour.
Tickets are on sale now.
The full list of tour dates is as follows:
August 26 – Waterloo Music Bar,
August 27 – Arts Centre, Norwich
August 28 – Sugarmill, Stoke
August 31 – Old Bakery Studios, Truro
September 1 – Clwb Ifor Bach
September 2 – Fleece, Bristol
September 3 – O2 Academy 2, Oxford
September 4 – Boileroom, Guildford
September 7 – Junction, Cambridge
September 8 – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
September 9 – Queens Hall, Nuneaton
September 10 – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
September 11 – Guildhall, Gloucester
September 14 – Underground Music Society, Barrow
September 15 – Deaf Institute, Manchester
September 16 – Bodega, Nottingham
September 17 – Jimmy’s, Liverpool
September 18 – O2 Institute 3, Birmingham
September 21 – Firebug, Leicester
September 22 – Cluny, Newcastle
September 23 – King Tuts, Glasgow
September 24 – Rocknrollas, Paisley
September 25 – Bannermans, Edinburgh
September 28 – Cinema & Co, Swansea
September 29 – Brudenell, Leeds
September 30 – Concorde 2, Brighton
October 1 – O2 Academy 2 Islington, London
October 2 – The Parish, Huddersfield
