Suede have postponed their ‘Coming Up’ anniversary tour for the second time due to coronavirus restrictions. Scheduled to take place in April 2021, the band announced today that all five concerts across the country – including nights at London’s Alexandra Palace and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall – would be postponed until November this year. Their tour of mainland Europe remains scheduled for April.
Announcing via Twitter, the band said: “As you probably have been expecting, we are messaging today to let you know that Suede’s Coming Up tour dates will have to be postponed once more. For info about the Coming Up shows on mainland Europe, please watch this space. We hope to be able to announce more information about those dates – and more fun Coming Up stuff – in the not-too-distant future. Stay safe! – Suede HQ.”
The tour was originally set to take place last summer, but postponed until 2021 since coronavirus restrictions would not permit large music concerts from taking place at the time. In the wake of last year’s decision, the band uploaded a number of concert videos to Youtube, including memorable concerts at Sheffield’s Leadmill in 1993, London’s Roundhouse in 1996 and the Royal Albert Hall in 2010.
When postponed to 2021, the band recognised the new tour dates would coincide with the 25th anniversary of the ‘Coming Up’ album release. “The good news is that the postponement means that (a) we can add a couple of shows that we couldn’t fit in before, and (b) they’ll now take place exactly 25 years from Coming Up’s release – much more numerically satisfying,” they added. Suede last released music in 2018 with their eighth studio album ‘The Blue Hour’ to largely favourable reviews. “While there’s a comforting familiarity that comes with all things Suede, it’s wonderfully shrouded on ‘The Blue Hour’ by a very new, romantic and alluring strangeness,” Andrew Trendell said of the album for NME. “These are not hits to shake your bits to. Nor will these beats shake your meat. Rest assured, Suede remain the beautiful ones, but are just looking for beauty in ever more curious places.”
Last week Boris Johnson announced Britain’s roadmap out of lockdown, outlining steps towards a complete removal of all social restrictions on June 21st. Since the New Year, several acts have postponed their touring dates, while others – such as The Who and the 1975 – have cancelled planned tours altogether.
Suede’s updated touring schedule is as follows:
13/04/2021 – Cirque Royal – Brussels
14/04 – Tempodrom – Berlin
16/04 – TivoliVredenberg Ronda – Utrecht
17/04 – La Salle Pleyel – Paris
26/04 – Falconer – Copenhagen
27/04 – Annexet – Stockholm
03/11 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh
06/11 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
09/11 – O2 Academy – Leeds
10/11 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
11/11 – Alexandra Palace – London
