Music
04 Sep 18

Blossoms announce Olympia headliner for November

They're touring their second album 'Cool Like You', the follow up to their number one, Mercury Prize nominated self-titled debut album from 2016.

Stockport quintet Blossoms have lengthened their upcoming tour of UK to now include Ireland, adding dates in both Dublin and Belfast before they then take off to Glasgow at the start of December. The full list of dates and venues are set out below. Their Dublin show comes at the Olympia on November 29th, where they'll be joined by special guests - Touts.

IRELAND 🍀

We're coming for you this November playing live in Belfast at @limelightNI (28th) then over to Dublin to play @olympiatheatre (29th) along with @toutsband on support!

TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY 9AM 7TH SEPTEMBER HERE:https://t.co/iObSnjsJsR pic.twitter.com/b47wGOfQkz

— B L O S S O M S (@BlossomsBand) September 4, 2018

The band's second studio album was released in April, and saw them put greater emphasis on the more synth-heavy aspects of their sound. No track being more indicative of this than the first single off of the record, 'I Can't Stand It', which was partly inspired by the 2004 science fiction film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Elaborating on its influence, Blossoms lead man Tom Ogden expounds:

"It's a song about desperately wanting to forget about someone, but you can't because they're a part of you - and how that can be unbearable. Spotless Mind is about wanting to erase someone from your thoughts - to forget they even existed - and that feeds into the lyrics. It's a very literal song in many ways."

Listen to 'I Can't Stand It' below.

Tickets for Blossoms at the Olympia Theatre on Thursday November 29th go on sale this Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmaster.ie, and are priced at €22.90 inclusive of booking fee.

Upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates for Blossoms are listed below:

Wednesday November 28th - The Limelight, Belfast
Thursday November 29th - Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Monday December 3rd - O2 Academy, Glasgow
Tuesday December 4th - O2 Academy, Sheffield
Wednesday December 5th - Rock City, Nottingham
Friday December 7th - O2 Academy, Birmingham
Saturday December 8th - O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Sunday December 9th - O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Tuesday December 11th - O2 Guildhall, Southampton
Wednesday December 12th - O2 Academy, Bristol
Thursday December 13th - O2 Academy, Brixton, London