Performing at Bridgewater Hall with Kid Creole and The Coconuts
ABC have announced a new UK tour for October, with a full band show to include their greatest hits. Joining them on the eight date tour will be Kid Creole and The Coconuts. The run of November dates opens with a show at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.
Speaking of the new tour, Martin Fry commented, “Here’s an opportunity to open up the ABC songbook and journey through all the hits. Lexicon to Lexicon. ABC to XYZ. See you there. ”
ABC were formed in Sheffield in the 1980’s when they decided they wanted fuse the world of disco funk with their own unique post punk vision. ABC’s debut album ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ (‘82) went to No 1 and sold over a million records. To date ABC have released 8 studio albums: ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ (’82), ‘Beauty Stab’ (’83), ‘How To Be A Zillionaire’ (’85), ‘Alphabet City’ (’87), ‘Up’ (’89), ‘Abracadabra’ (’91), ‘Skyscraping’ (’97) and ‘Traffic’ (’08). A mere 34 years since the release of their landmark debut album ABC returned with their resounding triumph “The Lexicon Of Love II’ which immediately entered into the top 5.
The full tour listing:
2 November – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
3 November – Liverpool, Philharmonic
4 November – London, Palladium
6 November – Birmingham, Symphony Hall
7 November – Bristol, Colston Hall
9 November – York, Barbican
10 November – Sheffield, City Hall
11 November – Gateshead, Sage
Tickets for ABC performing at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on 2 November 2017 gon on sale at 10am on Friday 31 March.
