Stockport band Blossoms will be returning to the stage in their biggest headline tour to date next March.

The boys had a great year in 2015 by making it into the ‘BBC Sound Of’ shortlist, before playing huge shows, supporting The Stone Roses and topping the charts with their acclaimed self-titled debut. Their debut record spent two weeks at No. 1 when it was released back in August, the first time a debut album has spent more than one week in the top spot from its launch since 2014.

The indie five-piece will play 13 dates, supported by current buzz-conductors Cabbage and Rory Wynne. They’ll also be releasing a digital ‘extended version’ of their debut album this Friday (11 November) with 10 extra tracks.

They’re about to embark on a UK tour this month, beginning on the 30 November beginning in Leicester and ending in Bournemouth on the 14 December.

The boys will be joined by the Courteeners at their Manchester Emirates Old Trafford LCCC gig. Liam Fray from the band told NME that Blossoms are a ‘truly great band’.

“They’re a real real grassroots northern band. No fucking leg-ups from anybody really or anything like that. They’ve grafted their balls off and toured extensively.”

Fray continued: “Great pop songs, good lads. What‘s not to love about it? It’s a proper old school kind of story – four lads meet at college and start a band. That’s what we want in this country, it should be celebrated. None of their dads are loaded and gave them a million quid to set up a studio; they’re normal lads who wrote songs in their bedrooms like we did. Fucking great.

“It gives me faith a little bit as well, that it can be done still, it’s available. Songs are a big thing; you’ve got to have the songs. It starts with a jacket but you need the songs.”

Tickets are on sale from 10am on Thursday 10 November. Details of dates and venues can be found below.

16/03 – Keele, University Ballroom
17/03 – Liverpool, Olympia
18/03 – Brighton, Dome
20/03 – Lincoln, Engine Shed
21/03 – Exeter, Lemon Grove
23/03 – London, Roundhouse
24/03 – Bristol, O2 Academy
25/03 – Cardiff, Tramshed
27/03 – Norwich, The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA
29/03 -Birmingham, O2 Academy
30/03 -Leeds, O2 Academy
31/03 – Newcastle, O2 Academy
01/04 – Glasgow, O2 Academy