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2014 marks a remarkable chapter in the life of new wave icons, The Stranglers.
Few bands survive to celebrate their 40th Anniversary, and even fewer bands have a history, indeed a notoriety, to compare to these titanic figures.
To commemorate this huge achievement, The Stranglers are embarking on a major world tour, kicking off in the UK in late February and rolling through Europe, North America and the Far East, before a series of festival appearances and very special events still to be announced.
A comprehensive series of anniversary reissues, rarities and collectors items are soon to be revealed.
Essential for fans old and new, the band continur to mark their long, pioneering and often controversial career, which has seen these enfants terrible go from being the quintessential anti-establishment scourge of the music industry.
The Ruby Anniversary Tour of the UK runs for 28 dates, including London’s Hammersmith Apollo, which the band first played in 1976.
The set will see The Stranglers playing tracks from all of their 17 studio albums in a special 40th Anniversary set, starting with their debut and now iconic album Rattus Norvegicus.
They will play the following shows, with special guests still to be announced:
27-Feb-14 Inverness Ironworks
28-Feb-14 Glasgow O2 Academy
01-Mar-14 Dunfermline Alhambra
03-Mar-14 Liverpool O2 Academy
04-Mar-14 Lincoln Engine Shed
06-Mar-14 Brighton Dome
07-Mar-14 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
08-Mar-14 London Hammersmith Apollo
10-Mar-14 Nottingham Rock City
11-Mar-14 Leamington Spa Assembly
13-Mar-14 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
14-Mar-14 Newcastle O2 Academy
15-Mar-14 Sheffield O2 Academy
17-Mar-14 Oxford O2 Academy
20-Mar-14 Cardiff Uni Solus
21-Mar-14 Leeds O2 Academy
22-Mar-14 Birmingham O2 Academy
24-Mar-14 Portsmouth Pyramid Centre
25-Mar-14 Guildford G Live
27-Mar-14 Bristol O2 Academy
28-Mar-14 Cambridge Corn Exchange
29-Mar-14 Manchester Academy