The Beta Band have announced details of a UK and North American tour. The shows will feature the Steve Mason (guitar / vocals), Richard Greentree (bass), John Maclean (samples / keyboard) and Robin Jones (drums).
A deluxe vinyl reissue of The Three E.P.’s is also due via Because Music on July 11 via Because Music.
The tour will be the first time the band have played together since they broke up in 2004.
In a statement, the band said: “The Beta Band, as everyone knows, is an institution, like Bedlam, or the RSPCA, and as such has its own indelible stain on the bedsheet of Western culture. It was the great John Noakes who said ‘you have to shake it out at least once every couple of decades, if you want to know what the moths did’. So with both those facts in mind, we realise the time has come to show the wall the Luminol, kill the lights and hit the UV.”
September 25 – Barrowland – GLASGOW
September 27 – O2 Academy – LEEDS
September29 – O2 Academy – BRISTOL
September 30 – Rock City – NOTTINGHAM
October 2 – Roundhouse – LONDON
October 4 – Albert Hall – MANCHESTER
October 12 – Commodore Ballroom – VANCOUVER, CA
October 14 – The Showbox – SEATTLE
October 15 – Crystal Ballroom – PORTLAND
October 17 – Regency Ballroom – SAN FRANCISCO
October 18 – The Fonda Theatre – LOS ANGELES
October 20 – Metro Music Hall – SALT LAKE CITY
October 21 – Ogden Theatre – DENVER
October 23 – Metro – CHICAGO
October 24 – St. Andrew’s Hall – DETROIT
October 25 – Danforth Music Hall – TORONTO
October 28 – 9.30 Club – WASHINGTON
October 29 – Royale Boston – BOSTON
October 30 – Union Transfer – PHILADELPHIA
November 1 – Brooklyn Steel – NEW YORK
Tickets for the shows go on pre-sale at 10am, March 5. You can sign up to the Beta Band mailing list to access pre-sale tickets – here.
General sale starts at 10am on March 7. Tickets for the UK dates will be available here. Tickets for the North American dates will be available here.