MIKE + THE MECHANICS announce 2014 UK Tour

MIKE + THE MECHANICS  

2014 UK TOUR

CELEBRATING ‘THE LIVING YEARS’ 25^TH ANNIVERSARY

To celebrate Mike + The Mechanics classic 1988 album ‘The Living Years’ 25^th anniversary this year, the band will embark on a UK tour in February/March 2014, with the tour stopping at the following venues:

February 2014

Wednesday       12^th       Rhyl                              Rhyl Pavilion

Friday               14^th       Holmfirth                        Picturdome

Saturday           15^th       Buxton                          Opera House

Sunday             16^th       Norwich                         Theatre Royal

Tuesday            18^th        Kings Lynn                    Corn Exchange

Wednesday       19^th       Chatham                       Central Theatre

Friday               21^st       Bolton                           Albert’s Hall                 

Saturday           22^nd       Wirral                           New Brighton Floral Pavilion

Sunday             23^rd       Warrington                    Parr Hall

Tuesday            25^th       Aberdeen                      Music Hall

Thursday           27^th       Perth                            Concert Hall

Friday               28^th       Gateshead                    The Sage

                                               

March 2014

Saturday           1^st         Birmingham                   Symphony Hall

Monday            3^rd         Ipswich                         Corn Exchange

Tuesday            4^th         Fareham                       Fereneham Hall

Thursday           6^th         Basingstoke                  Anvil

Friday               7^th         Basildon                       Towngate Theatre

Sunday             9^th         St Albans                      St Albans Arena

Monday            10^th       Tunbridge Wells             Assembly Hall Theatre

Wednesday       12^th       Bradford                        St George’s Hall

Thursday           13^th       Porthcawl                      Grand Pavilion

Friday               14^th       Stevenage                     Stevenage Leisure Centre

Sunday             16^th       London                          Hammersmith Apollo

Tickets for the London show go on sale at 9am on Friday 7^th June priced £40 (subject to booking fee) from www.ticketmaster.co.uk

‘The Living Years’ was Mike + The Mechanics second album hit Number 1 in the US as well as reach Number 2 in UK charts. The album – which included the singles ‘Nobody’s Perfect’, ‘Seeing is Believing’ and the classic title track ‘The Living Years’ – has received Gold status in the UK as well as in Canada and the US.

Formed in 1984 by Genesis founding member, guitarist, bass-player and songwriter Mike Rutherford, Mike + The Mechanics was a side project that would go on to sell over 10 million records worldwide. Originally featuring vocalists Paul Carrack and Paul Young (formerly of Sad Café), the group developed a rich catalogue of hit after hit including Silent Running, All I Need Is A Miracle, Over My Shoulder and the massive worldwide hit single The Living Years.

In 2010, Rutherford joined forces with one of the UK’s most successful R&B acts Andrew Roachford and Canadian born actor and singer Tim Howar for a new generation of Mike + The Mechanics who have been touring together across the UK and Europe ever since.

Since this new generation of the band has come to form, Mike Rutherford has shared writing duties with Andrew Roachford – known for storming the UK Charts in the 90s with the anthem ‘Cuddly Toy. Roachford became Columbia’s biggest selling UK act for ten years, with tunes like ‘Only To Be With You’ to ‘The Way That I Feel’ becoming international hits and giving Roachford the opportunity to tour the world and hone his talent – becoming the truly great entertainer that he is today. Throughout his career he has organically blended different sounds and genres from rock to soul music and has become a prolific songwriter.

Joining Roachford and sharing the vocal duties is Tim Howar, a Canadian actor/singer who came to the UK 10 years ago to start a band in the country where his icons were born. He formed and toured with Vantramp supporting the likes of Rod Stewart, Paulo Nutini, Sugababes and Newton Faulkner. Vantramp’s debut album was released to critical acclaim. Currently starring in the hit West End musical Rock of Ages as Stacee Jaxx, Howar’s acting career has seen him perform on Broadway, as well as touring the US and Canada and saw Tim take the starring role as Rod Stewart in the show ‘Tonight’s The Night’.