News: The Wailers Announce UK Headline Tour For November

Including A Date At 02 Academy Bournemouth

Performing The Album “Legend” In Its Entirety Plus Other Greatest Hits

Following the success of their huge sell-out UK tour last year, legendary reggae artists The Wailers return to mark their highly celebrated and anticipated Legend tour. The band will be performing the iconic album live on stage in its entirety plus all their greatest hits such as “Three Little Birds”, “I Shot The Sheriff”, “Jamming” and many more. Set to spread the One Love vibes The Wailers will play fourteen shows across some of the UK’s major cities.

Formed in 1969 together with Bob Marley, The Wailers have sold in excess of 250 million albums worldwide. In England alone, theyíve notched up over twenty chart hits, including seven Top 10 entries. As the greatest living exponents of Jamaica’s reggae tradition, The Wailers have played to an estimated 24 million people across the globe performing an average of 200 dates a year.

In keeping with the bandís tradition of touring with album themes, The Wailers have been performing entire sets devoted to songs from the specific albums such as Legend, Exodus and the album Survival released in 1979. Legend was the twelfth album released by Bob Marley and The Wailers and the second posthumous one. It is the best-selling reggae album of all-time, with over 30 million copies sold worldwide and a 2014 re-release topped Billboard’s Top 5 – proving the timeless appeal of their music spans generations. In addition to the songs from this “greatest hits” album, the band will also perform selections from Exodus named by Time Magazine as the “Album of the 20th Century”.

Being mindful of what is going on in the region and in the world the band puts together the best set of songs for each set. It’s not just entertainment, the band is here to educate and inspire the people. Focusing on problems of poverty and separation The Wailers aim to provide a solution and ultimately to promote peace and unity across all cultures. Reggae music has never stopped evolving, but for millions of people from around the world it’s still defined by the songs of Bob Marley and The Wailers. It’s been their heartbeat rhythms that have inspired so much of whatís followed since, as evidenced by the enduring popularity of the ìone-dropî reggae sound.

Continuing on their worldwide promotion of peace, love and equality through the power of reggae and Rastafari the group have been able to sustain their rare longevity pushing to the forefront of reggae music. The Wailers are undoubtedly the worldís premier reggae and world music group who bring high energy shows to fans across the globe.

THE WAILERS UK LIVE DATES 2016
Fri 04 Nov 16 Manchester Academy
Sat 05 Nov 16 Leeds O2 Academy*
Sun 06 Nov 16 Glasgow O2 ABC*
Tue 08 Nov 16 Liverpool O2 Academy*
Wed 09 Nov 16 Newcastle O2 Academy*
Thu 10 Nov 16 Norwich The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA
Fri 11 Nov 16 Sheffield O2 Academy*
Sat 12 Nov 16 Birmingham O2 Institute*
Sun 13 Nov 16 Leicester O2 Academy*
Tue 15 Nov 16 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Wed 16 Nov 16 Bristol O2 Academy*
Thu 17 Nov 16 Oxford O2 Academy*
Fri 18 Nov 16 Bournemouth O2 Academy*
Sat 19 Nov 16 London Indigo At The O2

Tickets on general sale Friday June 17 @ 9.00am www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051 *Tickets from ticketweb.co.uk