Manchester legends have announced their biggest show yet at the 8000 capacity outdoor Castlefield Arena on July 2nd. The show marks a major triumph for a band whose on/off career might not have seen them break as big as they should of but sees them as local legends in their home city. Their dark, brooding yet euphoric guitar rock was like a next generation Chameleons, which makes that bands speciualo guest status at the gig perfect.
After a number of sold-out reunion gigs over the past two years, the ’90s alt-rockers will play their biggest headline show to date at the city’s Castlefield Bowl on July 2, opening the Sounds Of The City series.
The show will see the band celebrating the 30th anniversary of their seminal self-titled debut album, with support coming from fellow Manchester band The Chameleons, who will be marking 40 years of their record ‘Strange Times’. Tickets go on general sale at 9.30am on Friday (April 10).
Also headlining this year’s Sounds Of The City series in Manchester are The K’s, Haçienda Classiçal, Wet Leg, Johnny Marr, The Streets, and Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter. The Leeds edition, meanwhile, will host Dylan Gossett, Alabama Shakes, Tom Odell, Wet Leg, The Human League and The Cribs. Get tickets here.
Ahead of their new Manchester show, Puressence Who’s debut single ‘Offshore’ was produced by LTW boss John Robb) will play London’s Islington Assembly Hall on April 25 and Manchester Academy on May 2. Tickets for those dates are on sale.
They released ‘Solid State Recital’, their fifth and latest album, before splitting up two years after its 2011 release and accompanying tour.
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