Indie rock veterans Shed Seven are hitting the road for a tour of the British Isles this December.
And their first stop is Douglas, where they will be performing at the Villa Marina on Tuesday next week (December 1).
They will be performing their greatest hits and fan favourites, including hit singles Going For Gold, Disco Down and Chasing Rainbows, in what is a return to Manx shores following a triumphant gig at The Venue in Central Promenade in December 2001.
Joining Shed Seven will be special guests and fellow 90s stars Inspiral Carpets.
York indie-rockers Shed Seven formed in 1990 out of the ashes of Brockley Haven, and were signed to Polydor in 1993. The band achieved great success between 1994 and 1999, releasing four albums and 14 Top 40 singles at the height of Britpop.
Their debut album, released in 1994, was Change Giver. It peaked at number 16 in the UK Albums Chart, with three singles charting in the UK Top 40 – Dolphin, Speakeasy and Ocean Pie.
They then made their debut performance on BBC’s Top of the Pops in June that year.
In 1996, they appeared at some of the UK’s largest music festivals, including Glastonbury, T in the Park and Reading.
That year also saw the release of their second album, A Maximum High, their most successful album to date. The album spent a total of 26 weeks in the charts, peaking at number eight. And it saw five Top 40 UK hit singles – Where Have You Been Tonight?, Getting Better, Going For Gold, On Standby and Bully Boy.
Their third album, Let It Ride was released in 1998, and spent seven weeks in the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number nine. Hit singles were Chasing Rainbows, She Left Me on Friday, The Heroes and Devil in Your Shoes (Walking All Over).
Going For Gold, released the following year, compiled the band’s singles from 1994 to 1998 alongside new material in Disco Down, which was released as a single.
Shed Seven then split with the record label acrimoniously in late 1999. The line up went through several record companies before deciding to split in 2003, citing lack of support from their label at the time.
Then in 2007, the group announced they were reuniting for a greatest hits tour later in the year with a line-up comprising Rick Witter, Paul Banks, Tom Gladwin, Joe Johnson and Alan Leach. And the following summer saw them play a number of gigs including T in the Park and V festivals.
Meanwhile, Inspiral Carpets staged their own mini-tour of the UK this month ahead of joining Shed Seven for the December tour. It follows the release of their first studio album for 20 years, which was followed by a successful album tour in December 2014. The Manchester band released their fifth studio album after signing to Cherry Red Records. From the album, the band released the singles Spitfire and Let You Down, a collaboration with Manchester punk poet John Cooper-Clarke, who co-wrote and performed on the song.
Doors for the gig open at 7pm for an 8pm start.
Tickets cost £22.95. They are available from the box office on 600555, the Welcome Centre at the Sea Terminal and online at villagaiety.com