James announce UK arena tour with Happy Mondays
Including a huge homecoming gig in Manchester
James are joining forces with fellow Mancunian legends Happy Mondays for a November/December 2021 UK & Ireland arena tour.
33 years on from the two Factory label bands’ 1988 UK tour, James and Happy Mondays will hit the road together again next year for arena dates in Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Dublin, Manchester and London.
Tickets go on sale from Absolute Radio Tickets at 9.30am on Friday 20th November.
James frontman Tim Booth enthuses: “So looking forward to seeing you. We will pack two years of frustration and explosive joy into these gigs.
“It feels like a new dawn to trumpet a celebratory tour, a week after the first news of hope. We're playing with the brilliant Happy Mondays. We last played with them in 1988, hopefully this time they won’t steal our rider or try and spike my drink…”
See James and Happy Mondays at the following shows:
NOVEMBER 2021
Leeds First Direct Arena – Thu 25th
Birmingham Utilita Arena – Fri 26th
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – Sun 28th
Glasgow The SSE Hydro – Tue 30th
DECEMBER 2021
Dublin 3Arena – Wed 1st
Manchester AO Arena – Fri 3rd
London The SSE Arena, Wembley – Sat 4th
Buy James and Happy Mondays tickets
Both James and Happy Mondays featured on Absolute Radio 90s’ countdown of the Greatest Songs of the 90s this summer. You can see where they both came here: