After being forced to postpone all of the dates for The Streets’ tour (initially slated to take place last July) fans were greeted with a few months of confused waiting before details finally emerged in September… that the shows were going to take place in January. The 5-night stint at The Mill in their hometown Birmingham was first revealed to be delayed after a member of the crew had to isolate with a bout of COVID-19. Now the tour has finally kicked off and the Birmingham dates have all passed, Skinner has clearly gotten a taste for the touring lifestyle after announcing a month-long stint at XOYO in Shoreditch. Starting on March 4th, Skinner will perform at the club each Friday for the month. Ticket information is available here.
Sign up: https://t.co/GUS2yimCTM. Tickets go on pre-sale Thursday at 10am. pic.twitter.com/tynH8T7llX
— Mike Skinner (@mikeskinnerltd) January 24, 2022
Writing on Instagram last summer, concerning the cancellations for the shows, Skinner said, “It is with a very heavy heart that I have to say that we have decided to cancel all live performances for 2022, It is not fair to keep taking your money for tickets knowing that with 1 case of COVID, the whole thing has to stop.” He added, “I’m really sorry to disappoint you. This has been the worst week of the worst year of my life.” But in exchange for this disappointing news, we were able to hear a new collaboration between The Streets and UK rapper Master Peace “Wrong Answers Only”. The track is the 2nd of a series of tracks released recently after “Who’s Got the Bag (21st June)” hit the outside world last March. You can hear the new track below.
Skinner also released a new album last year with one of his side projects, The Darker the Brighter the Light, titled The Streets. Some assume that the album is set to become the soundtrack for a movie that Skinner might be directing in the future. Regarding the movie, Skinner commented to the BBC, “The film has definitely got things in common with ‘Quadrophenia’. Also, in a weird way, kind of Tommy as well, because in my film it’s a musical but the songs are the voiceover. Tommy has got a bit of that, although it’s not surreal like Tommy.”
See below the remaining dates for The Streets ongoing tour, the Birmingham dates have already passed. But you may be able to bag the last few tickets to the remaining shows if you’re lucky. Check here for more details.
24/01/22 O2 Academy- Bristol
25/01 Rock City- Nottingham
27/01 O2 Academy- Brixton
28/01 O2 Academy- Brixton
31/01 O2 Academy- Leeds
01/02 O2 Academy- Glasgow
03/02 O2 City Hall- Newcastle
04/02 O2 Victoria Warehouse- Manchester
05/02 University Mountford Hall- Liverpool
28/07-31/07 Lowther Deer Park- Hackthorpe
