Courteeners espalharam o amor em um grande show de retorno no Wythenshawe Park, em Manchester, na noite passada – confira as filmagens e a lista completa de músicas abaixo.
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The sold-out show took place in front of 30,000 fans yesterday (August 29), one day after Courteeners released their first ‘best of’ compilation, ‘God Bless The Band’.
They were joined at the South Manchester park by The Vaccines, who performed their 2011 debut album ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?’ in full, as well as The Coral, Getdown Services and Girl In The Year Above.
After walking out to Oasis’ ‘Round Are Way’, Courteeners opened with ‘Sweet Surrender’ before tearing through a career-spanning set that drew from all seven of their studio albums, as well as ‘Plus One Forever’, one of two new tracks included on ‘God Bless The Band’.
Frontman Liam Fray greeted the enormous crowd with: “Let’s fucking have you, Wythenshawe!” Later, he told them: “This is mad. Never, ever, ever in our wildest dreams did we think we’d be playing a crowd this big!” (via Manchester Evening News).
Fray also played his own solo acoustic section, including ‘Please Don’t’, which incorporated a section of The Stone Roses’ ‘Standing Here’. The encore later included ‘Not Nineteen Forever’ and ‘What Took You So Long?’, the latter including the traditional closing snippet of James’ ‘Tomorrow’.
Introducing the song, Fray said: “If you’re feeling 10% of what I’m feeling right now then we’re in a good place. Wythenshawe….thank you and look after each other.
Put your arm around the person next to ya. Say hello to the person behind ya. Hug your fucking neighbour. One more time. Come on….!”.
Check out footage from the show below.
Courteeners’ Wythenshawe Park setlist was.
The show was just the latest in a long line of Courteeners staging enormous hometown concerts. Their first Heaton Park headline date was in 2015, when they played to a sold-out crowd of 25,000 at what was then the biggest show of their career.
Courteeners then returned to Heaton Park for another 50,000-capacity homecoming in 2019, with the complete set later being released online in 2021. That same year, they sold out a second 50,000-capacity Old Trafford show in 90 minutes, before playing to another 50,000 fans at Heaton Park in 2023.
The latter saw the band perform their 2008 debut ‘St. Jude’ in full for its 15th anniversary.
More recently, their sold-out November 2024 show at Manchester’s Co-op Live was captured on the 20-track concert record ‘Live In Manchester’, which arrived last December.
Courteeners agora vai fazer um tour de seis shows em arenas do Reino Unido em novembro. O tour inclui seu primeiro show principal no Alexandra Palace, em Londres, além de shows em Leeds, Cardiff, Liverpool, Glasgow e Birmingham.
Courteeners’ 2026 UK arena tour dates are.
NOVEMBER 6 – Leeds, First Direct Arena 7 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena 13 – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena 14 – London, Alexandra Palace 20 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 21 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena.
Speaking to NME after Courteeners marked the compilation’s launch with an intimate show at Manchester’s Night & Day Café in April, Fray reflected on the band’s survival.
Fray also confirmed that Courteeners intend to make an eighth album, although he suggested it would represent “a bit of a left turn” from their recent work.
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