News: The Selecter to Celebrate 35th Anniversary
November 23, 2013The Selecter to Celebrate 35th Anniversary By Performing Seminal Album “Too Much Pressure”
IN FULL ON MAJOR UK TOUR INCLUDING DATE AT OLD FIRE STATION IN BOURNEMOUTH
Iconic Ska Legends The Selecter have announced that they will celebrate their 35th anniversary with an extensive 26-date UK tour in February, March and April 2014, performing their seminal debut album “Too Much Pressure” in its entirety for the first time ever.
Released on the legendary 2-Tone label, “Too Much Pressure” was a Top 5 selling album featuring a host of timeless classics, including “Three Minute Hero”, “Missing Words” and course “Too Much Pressure” – all of which were released on Top 40 charting singles.
The “Too Much Pressure” 35th Anniversary Tour will also feature an extended encore of hits and live favorites from across The Selecter’s extensive 35-year spanning back catalogue, including their timeless debut 1979 Top 10 smash hit, “On My Radio”, right up to the this year’s critically acclaimed “String Theory”.
Pauline Black says, “We thought our 35th anniversary would be the perfect time to revisit our very first album Too Much Pressure and perform it in full…for the very first time! We can’t wait to get on the road to bring our message of multiculturalism from across 4 decades to venues up and down the land. See you there!”
The past few years have seen a huge resurgence in the popularity of The Selecter, with new material being released alongside a relentless touring schedule which has taken the band play numerous gigs and festivals across Europe, undertake no less than 3 trips to the USA (including being picked as the Desert Sun’s highlight of the 2013 Coachella festival) and even performing as far afield as Australia and Canada.
Still as outspoken and politically articulate as ever, The Selecter are both tied to, and very proud of, their past, to the acknowledgement of 2-Tone and all that it meant to their fans and the wider music community.
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Line Up
Pauline Black
Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson
Winston Marche
Anthony Harty
John Thompson
Greg Coulson
Neil Pyzer-Skeete
Orlando LaRose
Dates
| 27th Feb | Guildhall,Gloucester | 01452 503050 |
| 28th Feb | Princess Pavilion,Falmouth | 01326 211222 |
| 1st March | O2 Academy,Liverpool | 0844 477 2000 |
| 2nd March | O2 Academy, Sheffield | 0844 477 2000 |
| 6th March | Komedia, Bath | 0845 413 4444 |
| 7th March | Pavilion, Exmouth | 01395 222477 |
| 8th March | Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth | 023 9286 3911 |
| 9th March | O2 Academy, Oxford | 0844 477 2000 |
| 13th March | O2 Academy,Birmingham | 0844 477 2000 |
| 14th March | 229 Club, London | 020 7323 7229 |
| 15th March | The Globe, Cardiff | 07590 471888 |
| 16th March | Old Firestation, Bournemouth | 0844 477 2000 |
| 20th March | Assembly, Leamington Spa | 0844 854 1358 |
| 21st March | Rock City, Nottingham | 0845 413 4444 |
| 22nd March | Brudenell, Leeds | 0113 245 5570 |
| 23rd March | Sub 89, Reading | 0118 959 5395 |
| 27th March | Trades Club, Hebdon Bridge | 01422 845 265 |
| 28th March | Brickyard, Carlisle | 08444 77 1000 |
| 29th March | Windsor Hotel, Kirkcaldy | 0844 477 1000 |
| 30th March | ABC2, Glasgow | 0844 477 2000 |
| 3rd April | The Square, Harlow | 01279 305 000 |
| 4th April | Open, Norwich | 01603 763111 |
| 5th April | Concorde 2, Brighton | 01273 673 311 |
| 11th April | Band On The Wall, Manchester | 0845 2500 500 |
| 12th April | The Grand, Clitheroe | 01200 421599 |
| 13th April | O2 Academy, Newcastle | 0844 477 2000 |
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Band Links
http://www.theselecter.net
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