Music
25 Jan 19

Catfish and The Bottlemen Announce Two Irish Dates

Catfish and the Bottlemen have announced two Irish dates along with details of an upcoming album.

Following the release of their latest single 'Longshot' earlier this month, Catfish and The Bottlemen have announced that their long-awaited third studio album titled The Balance will be released on Friday, April 26th.

In support of their new album, Van McCann, Johnny Bond, Robert ‘Bob’ Hall, and Benji Blakeway will play a tour of the UK/Ireland kicking off in Galway on April 28th. They will also play a date at Dublin's Olympia Theatre on April 30th. These dates will offer fans another chance to secure tickets after their arena shows across the UK and shows at The Olympia Theatre and Ulster Hall in Belfast for this month sold out soon after they went on sale.

In between festivals in 2018, the band retreated to record their upcoming album with Irish producer Jacknife Lee which was partly completed in Grouse Lodge in Moate. Speaking of living together as the album was put together lead singer McCann said, “We loved living in the same place. We were staying there the whole time, so we were waking up around each other and working until we needed to go to bed. Jacknife was always up. He was the first up and the last awake. It’s good when you’re completely engulfed in recording in a place like that, living together, because every day and all day it was about the songs. We had fun too; they were the funniest album sessions we’ve done.”

Check out the video for 'Longshot' here:

Full tour dates are as follows:

Sun 28 Apr           Galway, Leisureland

Tue 30 Apr           Dublin, The Olympia Theatre

Thu 2 May            Brighton, Brighton Centre

Sat 4 May             Coventry, Ericsson Indoor Arena

Sun 5 May            Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena

Tue 7 May            Sheffield, FlyDSA Arena

Wed 8 May          Manchester, Manchester Arena

Mon 13 May        Madrid, La Riviera

Tue 14 May          Barcelona, Razzmatazz

Thu 16 May          Milan, Alcatraz

Sat 18 May           Berlin, Huxleys Neue Welt

Mon 20 May        Amsterdam, Melkweg