Black Grape have announced a six date UK tour for October 2020!! Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Black Grape’s debut album ‘It’s Great When You’re Straight….Yeah’. Originally released on 7th August 1995 it not only went to number one but also went platinum. A
three CD deluxe edition was released in November 2016.
The album, recorded at Rockfield Studios with producers Danny Saber, Stephen Lironi, Shaun Ryder and Gary Kurfirst (executive) produced top ten hit singles ‘Reverend Black Grape’ followed by ‘In the Name of the Father’ with ‘Kelly’s Heroes’ reaching the top twenty.
The tour kicks off in Cardiff on 1st October with founder members Shaun Ryder and Kermit Leveridge on vocals.
‘I’m really looking forward to getting back out on the road with Black Grape and playing all the favourites from It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah’ with some Pop Voodoo!!’ – Shaun Ryder
Tickets on sale at 10am on Friday 28TH February from: blackgrapemusic.com/tour
The full list of tour dates is as follows:
THURS 1ST OCT – CARDIFF – TRAMSHED
FRI 2ND OCT – LEEDS – WAREHOUSE
SAT 3RD OCT – BIRMINGHAM – THE MILL
THURS 8TH OCT – HOLMFIRTH – PICTUREDROME
SAT 10TH OCT – MANCHESTER – O2 RITZ
