Johnny Marr has announced an eight-date UK tour, set to happen this summer.
A press release detailed Johnny Marr and his band’s hectic schedule for 2023, saying that the headline shows join a busy summer festival schedule that will see Johnny Marr and his band perform at Pennfest, South Facing Festival, Lakefest, Beautiful Days, Hardwick Festival, Helsinki Festival, Victorious and more, all set to take place through July, August and September 2023. Two huge shows conclude the year’s shows at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre and Belfast’s Vital Festival with American rock band The Killers.
Alongside a poster of all the dates on Instagram, he said “Looking forward to getting back out there with my band.”
The tour announcement follows Johnny Marr revealing news of his new book “Marrs Guitars“. He said on Instagram, along with the post below: “I’m very pleased to announce the publication of my book Marr’s Guitars which as a project has been a labour of love over the last two years. The book is a collection of amazing photographs taken by my friend Pat Graham in his own unique style and documents my life and career through the stories of over a hundred of my guitars. I think a lot of people will love it.”
A press release called it a “stunning new photography book presenting the most significant of Marr’s extensive collection of electric and acoustic guitars, revealing through them the evolution of his iconic sound and style of playing. Including personal reflections and insights written by Johnny, and photographs shot by Pat Graham, each guitar is identified with a crucial moment, a specific song or a particular sound, and each embodies a key aspect of Marr’s lifelong passion.” You can pre-order ‘Marr’s Guitars’ via Thames & Hudson here. He released another book, his autobiography, titled Set The Boy Free in 2016.
Johnny Marr has been busy for the past two years, especially since the release of his 2022 fourth album Fever Dreams Pts 1-4. The album debuted at number 4 on the UK albums charts. It was his first album since 2013. In the same year, Johnny Marr headlined the BBC 6 Music Festival, toured with Blondie as the special guest at their Against The Odds arena shows, and completed a three-month arena tour across Canada and North America with The Killers, who they are touring with again this year in Glasgow and Belfast.
You can listed to Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 here:
Johnny Marr first achieved success as guitarist and co-songwriter of English rock band The Smiths between 1982 and 1987. Since then, Johnny Marr has also been a member of many massive bands, including The Pretenders, The The, Electronic, The Cribs, Modest Mouse and is a session musician. He has worked with Pet Shop Boys, Talking Heads, Hans Zimmer, and in 2022, contributed to “Pretty Boy”, the first single to be released from consistent collaborator Noel Gallagher’s upcoming new solo album Council Skies. Johnny performs on several of the tracks.
Here are the dates for the new tour:
17/07/2023 – Picturedrome – Holmfirth
18/07 – Engine Shed – Lincoln
20/07 – Roadmender – Northampton
27/07 – Assembly Hall – Tunbridge Wells
09/08 – The Rockin Chair – Wrexham
16/08 – Cheese and Grain – Frome
17/08 – SU Main Hall – Plymouth
25/08 – Empire – Middlesbrough
Tickets are on sale from Friday 28th April at 10:00 BST Here.
His festival dates in the UK this year:
21/07/2023 – Pennfest – Buckinghamshire
28/07 – South Facing Festival – Crystal Palace
10/08 – Lakefest – Hertfordshire
18/08 – Beautiful Days – Devon
20/08 – Hardwick Festival – Durham
26/08 – The Piece Hall – Halifax
27/08 – Victorious – Portsmouth
29/08 – Royal Highland Centre – Edinburgh (with The Killers)
01/09 – Vital Festival – Belfast (with The Killers)
Tickets can be purchased here.
