News - Badly Drawn Boy Announces The Hour of Bewilderbeast 15th Anniversary Tour

To celebrate the 15^th Anniversary of The Hour of Bewilderbeast album, Badly Drawn Boy is proud to announce ‘The Hour Of Bewilderbeast’ UK tour. The tour begins in Bristol at St George’s on July 24^th and takes in The Barbican in London before finishing in Manchester on July 31^st at Bridgewater Hall.

Badly Drawn Boy, aka Damon Gough, and his band will be performing the Mercury Prize winning album in its entirety - including the much loved singles ‘Once Around The Block’, ‘Pissing In The Wind’ and ‘Disillusion’. There will also feature another set of other Badly Drawn Boy classics and old favourites.

The album was originally released on BDB’s own label Twisted Nerve through XL Recordings on June 26^th 2000. XL will be releasing a remastered, expanded version of the album featuring unheard tracks later in the Autumn.

The tour dates are as follows:

July 24^th         Bristol St George’s

July 25^th         Birmingham Town Hall

July 26^th         London Barbican

July 28^th         Glasgow Oran Mor

July 29^th         Gateshead Sage 2

July 30^th         Leeds City Varieties Music Hall

July 31^st         Manchester Bridgewater Hall

Ticket pricing :

London / Manchester: £25 / £22.50 / £19.50

Regionals: £22.50 / £20 / £18.50

Tickets go onsale Friday 24^th April at 9am

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