London rockers Wolf Alice are celebrating this week after their new album ‘Blue Weekend’ debuted at number one within the UK album charts.
The band can be seen celebrating their win with a bottle of champagne in a video posted on Officialcharts Instagram page.
The band also spoke with Officalcharts.com regarding their recent hit, thanking their fans and those who listened to the album. “Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who has been listening to Blue Weekend this week and thank you to everyone who helped make this record come to life. We feel so lucky and we are so happy. We will be in the pub till the England game. Lots of love”.
The group’s new album has boasted impressive sales, the album debuted with over 36,000 chart sales. The group’s third studio album has also become number one on the Official Vinyl Albums Charts with 14,7000 of its sales on Vinyl, making 41% of the sales on wax. The group’s release has even overtaken the sales of Royal Blood and has taken their title of the biggest opening week for a British group, so far for this year.
Before the group’s third studio album scored the top spot, their previous albums also achieved some chart success. Their debut album ‘My Love Is Cool’ and the follow-up album ‘Visions Of a Life’ both peaked at number two within the UK album charts. The band was formed in 2010 and consists of singer Ellie Roswell, guitarist Joff Oddie, from 2012 the group expanded with Theo Ellis on bass and Joel Amey on drums.
The band are no stranger to success, their second studio album ‘Visions of a Life’ won the group the coveted Mercury Prize in 2018. Up until their number one release, ‘Visions of a Life’ released 29th September 2017 was the group’s most successful release. The album featured seven singles; the album’s lead single ‘Yuk Foo’ was premiered on the Annie Mac show on BBC Radio 1 and was released 12th June 2017.
Due to a performance from their US tour in support of their debut album, a recording of the track was uploaded onto YouTube and became subject to copyright law, eventually being taken down by the user. The following single ‘Don’t Delete the Kisses’ also sired some chart success for the band, released on 5th July 2017 the single became the band’s first entry into the Top UK 100.
The band will soon be embarking on their UK and Ireland tour, with extra dates added and various sold-out shows it is clear that Wolf Alice are in high demand.
Wolf Alice UK and Ireland tour
10/06/2021 – Picture House – London
22/07 – O2 Academy – Bournemouth
23/07 – Latitude Festival – Henham Park
27/08 – Leeds Festival – Leeds
29/08 – Reading Festival – Reading
30/09 – Pryzm Festival – Kingston (Sold Out)
05/01/2022 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow (Extra Date)
07/01 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow (Sold Out)
08/01 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow (Sold Out)
09/01 – O2 City Hall – Newcastle (Sold Out)
10/01 – UEA – Norwich (Sold Out)
12/01 – O2 Apollo – Manchester (Sold Out)
13/01 – O2 Apollo – Manchester (Extra Date)
14/01 – O2 Academy – Sheffield (Sold Out)
15/01 – Uni Mountford Hall – Liverpool (Sold Out)
18/01 – Eventim Apollo – London (Sold Out)
19/01 – Eventim Apollo – London (Extra Date)
22/01 – O2 Guildhall – Southampton (Sold Out)
23/01 – De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill On Sea (Sold Out)
24/01 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin (Sold Out)
25/01 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin (Sold Out)
27/01 – O2 Academy – Birmingham (Sold Out)
28/01 – Plymouth Pavilions – Plymouth (Sold Out)
30/01 – O2 Academy – Bristol (Sold Out)
31/01 – O2 Academy – Bristol (Sold Out)
