{"id":13893,"date":"2015-09-17T13:41:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=13893"},"modified":"2015-09-17T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:41:16","slug":"a-slight-return-for-the-bluetones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/09\/a-slight-return-for-the-bluetones\/","title":{"rendered":"A (Slight) Welcome Return For The Bluetones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bluetones1\"<\/h4>\n

Making their welcome return, The Bluetones have started their first tour in four years, beginning with a fantastic night last night at the O2 Academy in Leeds, and continuing tonight in Glasgow at the O2 ABC.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tickets are still available from Ticketmaster<\/a> for all dates with the exception of London’s Forum on the 24th, which is sold out.<\/p>\n

Thurs 17th –GLASGOW <\/strong>– O2 ABC
\nFri 18th –\u00a0NEWCASTLE <\/strong>– O2 Academy
\nSat 19th –\u00a0MANCHESTER <\/strong>– Ritz
\nWed 23th –\u00a0PORTSMOUTH <\/strong>– Pyramids
\nThurs 24th –\u00a0LONDON <\/strong>– Forum (Sold Out)
\nSat 26th –\u00a0BIRMINGHAM <\/strong>– O2 Academy
\nSun 27th –\u00a0BRISTOL <\/strong>– O2 Academy<\/p>\n

We interviewed frontman Mark Morriss back in July – check out what he had to say<\/a> about The Bluetones and the new tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making their welcome return, The Bluetones have started their first tour in four years, beginning last night in Leeds, and continuing tonight in Glasgow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264],"tags":[971,634,969,970,968,263],"class_list":["post-13893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","tag-20th-anniversary-tour","tag-britpop","tag-mark-morriss","tag-slight-return","tag-the-bluetones","tag-tickets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-3C5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10059,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/04\/bluetones-make-their-slight-return\/","url_meta":{"origin":13893,"position":0},"title":"Bluetones Make Their (Slight) Return!","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"13\/04\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Brit pop stalwarts The Bluetones make their very welcome (slight) return to the live performance circuit this September, celebrating their 20th anniversary with an 8 gig tour starting on the 16th of that month, at Leeds' O2 Academy.","rel":"","context":"In "Concerts"","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55848,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/cage-the-elephant-announce-uk-and-european-2020-tour-including-date-at-alexandra-palace\/","url_meta":{"origin":13893,"position":1},"title":"Cage The Elephant Announce UK And European 2020 Tour Including Date At Alexandra Palace","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"23\/09\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Following a monster North American co-headline tour with Beck and with the release of their critically acclaimed album, \u2018Social Cues\u2019, earlier this year, Grammy-Award winning band Cage The Elephant have announced a UK and European tour for 2020. 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