The Wonder Stuff have added a date in Birmingham to their upcoming 40th anniversary tour to meet demand.
The Black Country alt-rock stars will play at the O2 Institute Birmingham on 9th December – the final night of a now-18 date UK tour that starts on 1st October in Newcastle.
Looking ahead to the band’s Birmingham show, Miles Hunt said, “When we first put The Wonder Stuff’s 40th anniversary tour on sale, we thought we’d mix it up a bit and take the show to Wolverhampton instead of our usual Birmingham date in December. Well, as it turns out…the Wolves date has sold so well that we get to do both! I’m really pleased to tell you we’ll be playing the O2 Institute Birmingham on 9th December as the final night of our 40th Anniversary tour. Look out for some very special guests to be announced real soon!”
Tickets will go on sale at 10.00am on Monday 7th September, available from www.thewonderstuff.co.uk.
When The Wonder Stuff’s 40th Anniversary tour was announced in March Hunt said,“When the original line-up of The Wonder Stuff first rehearsed together on March 19th 1986, I wonder what our thoughts might have been if Malc Treece and I knew that we would be fortunate enough to still be playing gigs together now?
“Whatever those scruffy young fellas would have thought, I can tell you now, all these years later, both of us are incredibly grateful to all of the audiences that have stuck with us these past four decades. And it shall be our absolute honour to get up on stage this year and play as many of the old faves as we can to those wonderful people. We are blessed.”
The full list of The Wonder Stuff’s 40th anniversary UK tour dates is as follows (*indicates Inspiral Carpets as very special guests):
02 Oct – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse*
03 Oct – Sheffield, Octagon*
08 Oct – Brighton, Dome*
09 Oct – Bournemouth, O2 Academy*
10 Oct – Margate, Hall By The Sea at Dreamland*
14 Oct – Glasgow, Barrowland*
15 Oct – Cardiff, Great Hall*
16 Oct – Leeds, O2 Academy*
17 Oct – Leicester, O2 Academy*
22 Oct – Scarborough, Spa Pavilion*
23 Oct – Bristol, O2 Academy*
24 Oct – Norwich, UEA*
29 Oct – Lincoln, Engine Shed*
30 Oct – Wolverhampton, Civic*
31 Oct – Liverpool, Olympia*
08 Dec – London, O2 Brixton Academy*
09 Dec – Birmingham, O2 Institute
Formed in Birmingham/Black Country area in 1986, The Wonder Stuff signed to Polydor Records in 1987 and released four Top 20 albums between 1988 and 1994 – ‘The Eight Legged Groove Machine’ in 1988 (#19), ‘HUP’ in 1989 (#5), ‘Never Loved Elvis’ in 1991 (#3) and ‘Construction For The Modern Idiot’ in 1993 (#4).
In addition, the band enjoyed thirteen Top 40 singles, including collaborations with Kirsty MacColl on ‘Welcome To The Cheap Seats’ and the Number One single with comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, ‘Dizzy’.
During this time The Wonder Stuff regularly appeared on the front covers of the British music press and made six separate appearances on the BBC’s flagship music TV program ‘Top Of The Pops’. In addition, the band sold-out four nights in a row at London’s Brixton Academy and headlined numerous festivals, including the Reading Festival in 1992.
After initially disbanded following their headline set at the Phoenix Festival in 1994, The Wonder Stuff reformed in 2000 to play five sold-out nights at London’s Forum Theatre, and have since released five studios albums, with their most recent being 2016’s ‘Better Than Being Lucky’.
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