Courteeners have sold-out their upcoming homecoming gig at Manchester’s Heaton Park. After going on sale on Friday (September 2) the band’s gig in support of the 15th anniversary of their debut ‘St. Jude’, sold-out in less than eight hours. The show will take place June 9, 2023. On Tuesday (August 30) the band shared details of the 15th-anniversary reissue of their debut album, which will feature the original album plus b-sides, non-album singles and demos.
Their debut album has become a modern indie classic spawning some of the band’s biggest anthems like “Not Nineteen Forever”, “Cavorting” and “What Took You So Long?”. The expanded version of St. Jude will be released on January 13, 2023 with pre-orders available here. The band shared the news of the sell-out via a Twitter post that read “Heaton Park — sold out. Thank you all for the love we can’t fucking wait! x”. You can see the Tweet in full bellow.
HEATON PARK – SOLD OUT. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE LOVE WE CAN’T FUCKING WAIT! X pic.twitter.com/ZHc2n9PvHZ
— Courteeners (@thecourteeners) September 2, 2022
As quoted in the Manchester Evening News vocalist Liam Fray said of the anniversary “They grow up so fast, can’t believe our darling ‘St. Jude’ is 15 next year. Think it’s time for a celebration and we all know that great things come in threes – The Star Wars Trilogy, Sooty, Sweep & Soo and now, here we are, with the third instalment of ‘Courteeners at Heaton Park’.” Fray then went on to say “June 2015. June 2019 and now June 2023. This time to celebrate the 15th anniversary of its release we’ll be playing ‘St. Jude’ (in full) plus (of course) THE HITS. I can’t think of any better way to celebrate than to make the pilgrimage to Heaton Park with like-minded souls and lose ourselves like it’s 2008. And, because we’re good like that, we’ve remastered the original album. God bless the band. God bless the fans. Omne Trium Perfectum.”
Selling out tickets fast doesn’t seem to all that rare for The Courteeners. Back in 2021 they sold out the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground in 2021 to over 50,000 fans in just 90 minutes, so it’s no surprise there was high demand this time around.
On September 1, the band projected the artwork from their debut album across Manchester in honour of the record’s upcoming show and anniversary. Last month, Courteeners also debuted a new song titled ‘Lie Back And Think Of England’ during an intimate headline show in London. Additionally back in November, Courteeners also released a concert film of their huge Heaton Park homecoming gig from June 2019.
