Echo & The Bunnymen

Following a sold-out American tour, post-punk favourites Echo & The Bunnymen have announced new UK and Irish tour dates which will see them return to Belfast for the first time since 2010.

June saw Echo & The Bunnymen release their twelfth studio album; Meteorites, their first studio record in five years to worldwide critical acclaim, with Uncut Magazine calling it "Starry-Eyed Anthemic Rock"

Meteorites contains ten new songs written by frontman Ian McCulloch and performed with fellow original band-member Will Sergeant on guitar, and produced by Youth.

Formed in Liverpool in 1978, Echo & The Bunnymen have been responsible for some of the most celebrated singles in all music history – The Killing Moon, Lips Like Sugar, The Cutter, The Back of Love and Nothing Lasts Forever to name but a few . The Bunnymen have recorded many classic albums in their long illustrious career, including ground breaking debut Crocodiles in 1980, the majestic Heaven Up Here in ‘81, Porcupine in 1983, the orchestral-rock masterpiece ‘Ocean Rain’ in 1984, and their classic comeback album ‘Evergreen’ in 1997.

Echo & the Bunnymen have just returned from North America where they performed “Holy Moses” on ‘The Late Show With David Letterman’ The band’s loyal and ever growing following is showing no signs of abating.

The album ‘Meteorites’ is a key addition to their repertoire and sees them continue to be one of the most seminal British rock acts in modern history.