BARENAKED LADIES ANNOUNCE 2020 UK TOUR
Band returns to the United Kingdom after their sold-out 2018 tour
“Barenaked Ladies’ energy was contagious and set the stage for what would be a high-energy evening of sing-alongs and throwback hits.” – Billboard Magazine
London, England (November 18, 2019) – Today, the multi-platinum pop-rock band BARENAKED LADIES announce details of their forthcoming UK 2020 tour. BNL (vocalist/guitarist Ed Robertson, drummer Tyler Stewart, keyboardist Kevin Hearn and bassist Jim Creeggan) recently completed a hugely successful summer tour of North America alongside Hootie & the Blowfish, a tour that Billboard Live Summit recently honoured as “Tour of the Summer”. Ed Robertson says of the upcoming shows: “We’re excited to be returning to the UK, one of our favourite places to tour”.
Barenaked Ladies 2020:
March 31 Birmingham O2 Institute
April 1 Leeds Beckett Uni
April 2 Aberdeen Beach Ballroom
April 4 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
April 5 Manchester O2 Ritz
April 7 Bath Forum
April 8 Portsmouth Pyramids
April 9 Cambridge Corn Exchange
April 11 London Royal Albert Hall
Joining Barenaked Ladies in the UK will be their friend and touring colleague, Boothby Graffoe. Additional special guest KT Tunstall will join at the previously announced Easter Saturday show at the Royal Albert Hall. Tickets for the UK tour will go on sale on Friday, November 22nd at 10:00am GMT. VIP packages, which will include exclusive merch, a soundcheck party, as well as premium seating (in seated venues) or early entrance (for GA venues) will be available on Wednesday, November 20th. Tickets and VIP packages will be available at https://www.barenakedladies.com/tour.
Earlier this year, BNL released ‘Fake Nudes: Naked’, a digital EP featuring acoustic renditions of eight songs from the band’s fifteenth studio album, Fake Nudes. Just last month, they released the vinyl-exclusive album, Original Hits, Original Stars. This greatest hits collection includes their iconic “Big Bang Theory Theme”, which makes its first ever appearance on vinyl.
Over the course of their remarkable career, Barenaked Ladies have sold over 15 million albums, written multiple top 20 hits (including radio staples “One Week,” “Pinch Me,” “If I Had $1,000,000”), garnered 2 Grammy nominations, won 8 JUNO Awards, had Ben & Jerry’s name an ice cream after them (“If I Had 1,000,000 Flavours”), participated in the first-ever “space-to-earth musical collaboration” with astronaut Chris Hadfield, and garnered an international fan base whose members number in the millions. In 2018, the band were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Toronto Mayor John Tory declared October 1st “Barenaked Ladies Day.”