Kent punks Riskee and The Ridicule have announced a series of live dates as they make a long-awaited return to touring.
The band will also release a three-track digital EP Too Young To Be Blue through Bomber Music on September 10.
Apart from a couple of ‘socially-distant’ gigs in 2020, like all bands and music fans, RATR have been starved of playing live for too long.
“It’s finally looking like we’re getting back to some version of normality for the time being,” says frontman Scott Pickering.
Shovelling shit
“I’ve been grafting in the rain and shovelling shit for the last year. Everyone’s pissed off and aching to get back on stage or in the pit.
“You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, so expect Riskee & The Ridicule to be the biggest, loudest, angriest beast you’ve seen.
“We’ve put together the songs we released during this weird time in one new EP to mark the moment and move forward, we can’t wait to get out there. See you soon…”
The EP features the Brexit-baiting Blue Jacket, their cover of Lana Del Rey’s award-winning 2013 smash-hit Young And Beautiful, and Backwords 2, which links back to Backwords from their 2017 album Blame Culture.
Catch Riskee and the Ridicule at the following dates in 2021:
September
4 – Alternative All Dayer, Ipswich
22 – Esquires, Bedford (with The Bar Stool Preachers)
23 – The hairy Dog, Derby (with The Bar Stool Preachers)
25 – Outpost, Liverpool
26 – Attitude Fest, Exchange, Bristol
October
30 – Music Hall, Ramsgate
November
6 – Ghost Road Fest, London
19 – Patterns, Brighton
20 – The Hobbit, Southampton
December
2 – Fulford Arms, York
3 – Old Cold Store, Nottingham
26 – Ernesto’s, Sittard, NL (with Jaya The Cat)
27 – Garage, Saarbrëucken, DE (with Jaya The Cat)
28 – Batschkapp, Frankfurt, DE (with Jaya The Cat)
29 – Conne Island, Leipzig, DE (with Jaya The Cat)
30 – Resonanzwerk, Oberhausen, DE (with Jaya The Cat)
