THE STRANGLERS Announce March 2012 UK Tour

UK TOUR ANNOUNCED – March 2012

The Stranglers are pleased to announce a full UK tour in March 2012, the band have been busy in the studio writing and recording their seventeenth studio album which is due for release next year.

First forming in 1974 the bands straight talking approach gave them the reputation as aggressive and confrontational with their notoriety later embraced by the punk movement of 77. The tour celebrates the 35th anniversary of the  initial release and success of debut single 'Grip' and their legendary first album Rattus Norvegicus.  This was followed by such hits as ‘Peaches’, ‘No More Heroes’, ‘5 Minutes’, ‘Duchess’, ‘Something Better Change’, ‘Always the Sun’ and their ultimate classic ‘Golden Brown’. Since then the band have gone on to become one of the UK’s best loved and most enduring bands – racking up over 24 top 40 singles and 18 top 40 albums.

Hugely influential, the band remain pioneers with their unique sound. An established International live draw the band are set to play a series of dates across the UK in March 2012 with The Popes as Special Guests.  Full dates as follows:

March 2012

Thursday 1^st                   Leeds O₂ Academy                                      0844 477 2000

Friday 2^nd                         Dunfermline Alhambra                          0844 499 9990

Saturday 3^rd                   Glasgow O₂ Academy                                0844 499 9990

Monday 5^th                      Liverpool O₂ Academy                             0844 477 2000

Tuesday 6^th                     Nottingham Rock City                             0845 413 4444

Thursday 8^th                  Cambridge Corn Exchange                   01223 357 851

Friday 9^th                          London Roundhouse                                0844 482 8008

Saturday 10^th                 Birmingham O₂ Academy                       0844 477 2000

Monday 12^th                   Oxford O₂ Academy                                    0844 477 2000

Tuesday 13^th                  Portsmouth Pyramid                               02392 824 355

Thursday 15^th               Lincoln Engine Shed                                 0844 8888 766

Friday 16^th                       Brighton Dome                                            01273 709 709

Saturday 17^th                 Bristol O₂ Academy                                   0844 477 2000

Monday 19^th                   Leamington Spa Assembly                    0844 854 1358

Tuesday 20^th                  Guildford G Live                                          0844 770 1797

Thursday 22^nd               Newcastle O₂ Academy                            0844 477 2000

Friday 23^rd                      Sheffield O₂ Academy                               0844 477 2000

Saturday 24^th                 Manchester Academy                               0161 832 1111

Tickets are priced £23 (£26.00 London) and are subject to a booking fee. Tickets are Onsale Friday 23^rdSeptember at 10am – and are available from www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051

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