Ocean Colour Scene announce big Belfast gig

Britpop legends Ocean Colour Scene have announced a return to Belfast for an outdoor show this summer.

The Birmingham quartet are hitting the road in celebration of their 1996 album Moseley Shoals, playing the album in full each night, and the tour will include a headliner at Custom House Square on 25 August.

There they’ll be joined by psychadelic Liverpudlians The Coral, with more supports set to be announced.

Released in April 1996 and named after a south Birmingham suburb, Moseley Shoals was the band’s first commercial success, hitting #2 in a 92-week stay on the UK charts. They were chosen to support Oasis at their massive Knebworth shows that same year.

Lead single from the album, ‘The Riverboat Song’ kicked off a run of nine successive Top 20 singles for the band.

Tickets, priced £27.50 plus fees, go onsale this Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster and other outlets.