Scottish rockers Del Amitri have announced a major UK headline tour to promote their first new studio album in 19 years.
The band, formed in Glasgow in 1980, enjoyed a string of hits, and released five Top 10 albums before calling it a day in 2002.
They reconvened for a successful reunion tour in 2014, and again in 2018, and recently announced their first album of new material since 2002.
Fatal Mistakes will be released on May 28, and the lead single, It’s Feelings, has already been hailed as classic Del Amitri.
They’ve shown they still have the knack of crafting melodic rock songs with lyrical bite, soulful comfort and heart-swelling uplift.
Now Del Amitri’s return gathers pace with news of their first full UK headline tour since the summer of 2018.
Culminating at Glasgow’s iconic Barrowland, the 19-date tour also includes a substantial run of dates in Scotland and a major London show at the Palladium.
Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie said: “It’s been nearly 20 years since we toured with a new album, lord knows what took us so long.
“The prospect of sprinkling our set with a few choices from Fatal Mistakes fills us with the sort of excitement that, for some men of our age, might call for light medication. We think the adrenaline will see us through.”
Del Amitri’s 2021 UK Tour dates
SEPTEMBER
13th – Cardiff, St. David’s Hall
14th – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
15th – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
17th – Blackpool, Opera House
18th – York, Barbican
20th – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
21st – Sheffield, City Hall
22nd – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
OCTOBER
11th – Hamilton, Townhouse
12th – Aberdeen, Music Hall
13th – Inverness, Ironworks
14th – Perth, Concert Hall
15th – Dunoon, Queen’s Hall
16th – Oban, Corran Halls
18th – Birmingham, Symphony Halls
19th – Southampton, O2 Guildhall
20th – London, Palladium
DECEMBER
19th – Glasgow, Barrowland (free show for NHS and key workers)
20th – Glasgow, Barrowland
Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday, April 9 from www.gigsandtours.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.delamitri.info.
Contemporary heartland rock quintet The Byson Family will support on all dates.
Del boys
The latest line-up of Del Amitri is core members Justin Currie (vocals/bass) and Iain Harvie (guitar), with Andy Alston (keys), Kris Dollimore (guitar) and Ash Soan (drums).
Fatal Mistakes will be released on CD, vinyl and digital formats and is available to pre-order here.
The Del Amitri official store offers a selection of exclusive formats including coloured vinyl and a cassette plus new merch designs.
It also offers the five-track CD Outtakes and B-Sides, which features five unreleased tracks from the Fatal Mistakes recording sessions.
