The Hives confirm four 'microscopic' headline UK shows
Coinciding with their Arctic Monkeys tour
Last updated 4th May 2023
Smart-suited Swedish rock icons The Hives have announced four ultra-intimate UK headline concerts.
Coinciding with their special guest slot on Arctic Monkeys’ sold out stadium tour, The Hives will rock Bristol The Fleece on 30th May before they play Kingston Prysm, London The Garage and Nottingham Rescue Rooms.
The Hives said “United Kingdom! You had a good run. The Hives are back playing four microscopic shows. Get tickets early or have Illuminati contacts type shows.”
Tickets to Bristol and Nottingham available NOW from Rough Trade, tickets for Kingston Pryzm available at 11am today (4th May) through Banquet Records, and London The Garage goes on sale on Friday 12th May.
The headline shows follow the announcement of The Hives’ first studio album in over a decade, ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons.’
Released on Friday 11th August, ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ boasts 12 tracks including the muscular lead single ‘Bogus Operandi’, which comes with a suitably madcap video.
A description of ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ reads: “As the album’s macabre title hints, the band’s extended absence from the studio has been no hiatus but rather a horror story.
“The Hives now admit they have not seen nor spoken to their founder, mentor and songwriter, the perpetual limelight-shunning Randy Fitzsimmons, since the release of 2012’s Lex Hives.
“Following the recent discovery of a hidden away obituary and cryptic poem in the local paper of the Northern Vastmanland town where The Hives are from, the band members were led to Fitzsimmons’ tombstone.
“Upon digging the freshly interred ground, the band found not a body but instead several tapes, suits, and a piece of paper bearing the words “The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons” typed up as if a title.
“Whether a hoax or Fitzsimmons’ opening gambit, remains to be seen. The uncovered tapes included the demos that would become the twelve new songs on The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons.”
Frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist adds: “There's no maturity or anything like that bulls---, because who the f--- wants mature rock’n’roll? That's always where people go wrong, I feel. ‘It’s like rock’n’roll but adult,’ nobody wants that! That's literally taking the good s--- out of it.
“Rock’n’roll can't grow up, it is a perpetual teenager and this album feels exactly like that, which it's all down to our excitement – and you can’t fake that s---.”
The Hives’ UK tour dates (supporting Arctic Monkeys):
MAY 2023
Live at Leeds Festival - Sat 27th (HEADLINING BIG TOP)
Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium – Mon 29th
Bristol Fleece - Tue 30th (HEADLINE SHOW)
Coventry Building Society Arena – Wed 31st
JUNE 2023
Manchester Emirates Old Trafford – Fri 2nd
Manchester Emirates Old Trafford – Sat 3rd
Middlesborough Riverside Stadium – Mon 5th
Kingston Pryzm - Tue 6th (HEADLINE SHOW)
Norwich Carrow Road Stadium – Wed 7th
Sheffield Hillsborough Park – Fri 9th
Sheffield Hillsborough Park – Sat 10th
Swansea Stadium – Mon 12th
London The Garage - Tue 13th (HEADLINE SHOW)
Southampton Ageas Bowl – Wed 14th
London Emirates Stadium – Fri 16th
London Emirates Stadium – Sat 17th
London Emirates Stadium – Sun 18th
Dublin Marlay Park - Tues 20th
Nottingham Rescue Rooms - Thu 22nd (HEADLINE SHOW)
Glasgow Bellahouston Park – Sun 25th
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time:
50: Less Than Jake – All My Best Friends Are Metalheads (2000)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
49: The Offspring – Original Prankster (2000)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
48: Green Day – Holiday (2004)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
47: Good Charlotte – Girls & Boys (2003)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
46: Goldfinger – Superman (1997)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
45: Fall Out Boy – I Don’t Care (2008)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
44: Bowling for Soup – 1985 (2004)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
43: blink-182 – Stay Together For The Kids (2001)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
42: Alkaline Trio – Stupid Kid (2001)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
41: Simple Plan – I’m Just a Kid (2002)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
40: Paramore – Decode (2008)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
39: Paramore – Brick by Boring Brick (2009)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
38: My Chemical Romance – I'm Not Okay (I Promise) (2004)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
37: Lit – My Own Worst Enemy (1999)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
36: Fountains of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom (2003)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
35: Fall Out Boy - Thnks fr th Mmrs (2007)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
34: Bowling for Soup – High School Never Ends (2006)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
33: The Offspring – Self Esteem (1994)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
32: Panic! at the Disco – I Write Sins Not Tragedies (2005)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
31: New Found Glory – Hit Or Miss (1999)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
30: Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2004)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
29: blink-182 – First Date (2001)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
28: blink-182 – Dammit (1997)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
27: Fall Out Boy – This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race (2007)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
26: All Time Low – Weightless (2009)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
25: The Offspring – The Kids Aren’t Alright (1998)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
24: blink-182 – Feeling This (2003)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
23: Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue (2003)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
22: blink-182 – The Rock Show (2001)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
21: Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag (2000)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
20: Good Charlotte – Lifestyles of The Rich & Famous (2002)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
19: blink-182 – I Miss You (2003)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
18: The Offspring – Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) (1998)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
17: My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade (2006)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
16: Good Charlotte – The Anthem (2002)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
15: Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia (2004)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
14: Fall Out Boy – Dance, Dance (2005)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
13: Jimmy Eat World – The Middle (2001)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
12: Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi (2002)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
11: All Time Low – Dear Maria, Count Me In (2007)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
10: New Found Glory – My Friends Over You (2002)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
9: Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We’re Going Down (2005)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
8: Bowling for Soup – Girl All the Bad Guys Want (2002)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
7: Sum 41 - In Too Deep (2001)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
6: Sum 41 – Fat Lip (2001)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
5: blink-182 – What’s My Age Again? (1999)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
4: Green Day – American Idiot (2004)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
3: Green Day – Basket Case (1994)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
2: blink-182 – All the Small Things (1999)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time
1: Paramore - Misery Business (2007)
The 50 greatest pop punk songs of all time