The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer announce UK and Ireland tour including Manchester date
16.10.2023 - 08:33
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer have today announced a summer tour of the UK and Ireland in 2024.
The rockers have confirmed five UK and Ireland dates and will kick off their tour in Birmingham on June 7 before heading to London, Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester and Cardiff. They'll play Manchester's Co-op Live on Thursday, June 13.
The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer tour follows their headline stints at BeachLife festival in California last year. Tickets for the UK and Ireland 2024 tour will go on sale on Friday, October 20 at 10 am via Ticketmaster.
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The Smashing Pumpkins first emerged out of Chicago in 1988, blending rock, pop, shoe-gaze, metal, goth, psychedelia, and electronic into a kaleidoscope of saccharine melodies, fuzzy distortion and unshakable hooks. They’ve sold over 30 million albums worldwide and collected two Grammy Awards, two MTV VMAs, and an American Music Award.
Their back catalogue made up of the platinum Gish (1991), the quadruple-platinum Siamese Dream (1993), diamond-certified Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), platinum Adore (1998), and gold Machina/The Machines of God (2000). This year, they've release 'ATUM', a rock opera presented in three acts, alongside a massive sold-out North American tour.
The much-loved Weezer return to the UK following their stint on the Hella Mega sold out stadium tour, the release of their innovative quartet of EPs SZNZ in 2022 and massive sold out headline US tour. Weezer’s music has been streamed billions of times with the band selling over 10