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Hailing from Liverpool, England, UK, Indie rock outfit, The Wombats, impressed with their first spate of singles, scoring hits with "Moving to New York" and "Let;s Dance to Joy Division."

The band were formed in 2003, having met whilst studying at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. Featuring Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard), Daniel Haggis (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), the band quickly got to work making music, They released several Eps in their early years, including "The Hangover Sessions," "No. 3" and "The Daring Adventures of Sgt. Wimbo and His Pet Otter."

After releasing their debut, "Girls, Boys and Marsupials," in Japan only, they then released a number of singles that would bring The Wombats their first taste of success. "Backfire at the Disco" peaked at number 35 in the UK SIngles Chart, followed by "Kill the Director" which also received lots of airplay. Their debut album on 14th Floor Records, "The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation," stormed the album charts, reaching number 11 in October 2007, bolstered by the success of singles "Let's Dance to Joy Division" and a re-release of "Moving to New York," which went to number 13 in the UK Singles Chart.

In 2008, the band embarked on a number of tours, traveling across the UK, Europe and Japan. They also became a big name on the annual festival circuit, playing at Glastonbury Festival, Reading & Leeds Festival and T in the Park.Their second album, "The Wombats Present… This Modern Glitch," appeared in 2010, featuring the top 40 single "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" as well as "Techno Fan." The album itself faired well, reaching number three in the album chart.

It was three years before The Wombats returned with new music, releasing the single, "Your Body Is a Weapon," which received significant support on BBC Radio 1. To great excitement, The Wombats began a countdown till the release of their third studio album, "Glitterbug," for a January 2015 release.

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It's the twelve of April on a sunny day. Me and my friend just arrived in vienna at the "Arena Wien". We hadn't seen a Wombats concert before and were something you could describe as very excited. The two pre-bands play their songs and already amaze us! (good job you guys!) Everyone is ready for The Wombats and as soon as the lights turn off everyone screams. The three guys from the band come on sage and start with their first song "Cheetha Tongue". The songs really pushes the crowd and we start making these little moves everyone makes when you are a bit unsecure but definetly hyped. This reserve doesn't hold very long and as soon as the second song starts (a song from an older album) really every person is jumping ,dancing. During the whole set Tord is moving arund the sage completly lost in the music showing that he's made for exactly this job. Murph is killing every high note and low note sings every song as if it's historischen favourite. And even Dan in the back seems to be jumping around on his drumms. Even when something isn't working with Murphs guitar during "Emoticons" these guys are super chill and Tord and Dan calmly play along with the crowd as we keep singing the "Ohhh" part over and over again. It got better with every song and I swear that the whole crowd felt like they had run a marathon from all the dancing! Especially after " Let's dance to Joy Division" and we all had gone completly crazy!

So in two sentences for the people who don't want to read that long paragraph above and just scrolled down here: It was AMAZING and I recommend to not dress with warm cloths because at least in my venue it was HOT after the first song had started and we all were dancing like crazy! If you are a Wombats fan I'd say you are dumb if you aren't going to a concert even though you have the chance to and that without meaning to be mean!

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of 8 concerts this year , the bomwats was by far the best. riverstage has been crowned my favourite venue and was a perfect environment for their music , and matt’s voice is almost better live than in recorded tracks. the visuals were wild , with the backdrop thingy changing to suit every song perfectly and for a final song that drove the crowd insane , greek tragedy had everyone shouting the lyrics and a lot of people on shoulders , and even saw four or five people in wombat costumes come and dance on stage. the people i met were probably the nicest and most caring bunch i’ve been surrounded by so far and if the crowd had been any different it would have taken away from the overall satisfaction. played every song i had been dying to hear and the order of songs from the set was crafted with such intelligence that everything flowed so perfectly from one song to the next. support acts were amazing and so friendly , coming up to the merch tent for photos and just to chat and all the artists seemed genuinely happy to be a part of this. even following up with another concert the next day , nothing could top the wombats and i highly recommend seeing them more than once if you have the chance ! x

I first got into The Wombats after perusing the Top Forty and finding their latest single 'Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves) quite high on the charts. I was intrigued by the incredible album artwork, and instantly fell in love with their alternative, punky tunes. Three months later, my parents gave me permission to go to my first concert. I instantly thought of my new favourite band, and booked tickets to go with a couple of friends to see The Wombats. Fastforward to February 22nd 2012. I saw them at the O2 Academy Brixton, a large but popular venue that never fails to provide the right atmosphere for a show. The Wombats did not fail to deliver either. They played for over two hours, and all of it was explosive. They played the entirety of 'This Modern Glitch' (complete with lasers and confetti) as well as their most popular tunes from 'Love, Loss and Desperation', ending with the classic 'Let's Dance to Joy Division." Of course, not only was there a stellar performance, but their interaction with the crowd was impeccable. With Murph constantly ordering for another 'wall of death' and Tord crowd-surfing, The Wombats do not disappoint, and most certainly is not a band to miss.

Liverpudlian four piece The Wombats have amassed a huge following of their infectious indie rock over the years after they emerged as a driving force of the indie revival of the mid 00's. Their energetic performance was something that made this group stand out about the rest and the devotion to a live show is still packing out venues years later.

Although they only have two albums of material, the boys have crafted a setlist that is utter party. From the early single 'Kill The Director' an indie anthem in its own right, the crowd dance and jump along as both the band and crowd try and outdo each other with energy levels. The big cheers are reserved for 'Moving To New York' which is barked back word perfectly by the entire audience as the boys tear through this jumped up piece of pop/rock.

What The Wombats have is technical guitar music which you can dance to, a difficult sound to achieve. Closing track 'Tokyo' sees the band play complex instrumental with ferocious intensity yet the track is also so danceable that the crowd is lost within the music.

The Wombats were drop dead amazing!!! I can't even describe in words how much of a fun time I had. Their performance was just super passionate and awesome... Totally a band worth watching live. I loved their energy and how they even interacted with the audience. I felt like the usual two-hour long time frame for a concert wasn't enough for us. Went by way too fast.

Now to speak of the venue, it had its ups and downs. The good thing was that it was very clean and well maintained, easy to find, and parking wasn't too bad. The interior was really cool too. Since it was general admission, it was on a first come first serve basis to find spots. The extremely annoying part was that rude people would squeeze through and stand in people's way, blocking our original view. I think bouncers should keep their eyes out and do something about people like that. It was super rude and irritating.

They're amazing, that's honestly the best way to describe them.

They've always hyped the crowd up with so many things. Tord for example was basically jumping around playing his guitar all the time and barely stood still - when he stood still it was just to sing into his mic.

Between the songs Matthew either told some stories, introduced to the next song in a really interesting and partially comedic way - not just a boring "and the next song we're playing is ..." or just told some stories - in my case it was about how much they liked Munich - honestly LOVED that.

And now to the most important thing - their performance was straight awesome. They sounded so much better live than in their records in my opinion

That concert absolutely made my night yesterday and honestly can't wait to see the Wombats live again - hopefully soon

The Wombats are high-energy and tons of fun on stage. The lead singer is passionate and sounds just like the album live. The bassist dances around and keeps the crowd engaged. The music was perfect, they even had some moments of pure rocking out that were (seemingly) unscripted and in sync. The crowd was singing and dancing the whole time, you could tell there were plenty of true fans in the audience because there was no song that everyone couldn't sing along to.

The openers, Cheerleader and Life in Film were also really good and fit the feel of The Wombats. Cheerleader even came out after to sign autographs and take pictures, their engagement with the fans is what makes them stand out and a band to keep an eye on.

My second time seeing them - The Wombats put on a great show!

The crowd really gets into it although I have to say that the band, especially Matt, looked a bit tired compared to the last time I saw them. Might be that they're near the end of a US tour? They played both new and older stuff closing the encore with Lets Dance to Joy Division and then an instrumental, almost hardcore piece that seemed a bit out of place for them but was, actually, really good. The one thing they missed that I wished they had played was My First Wedding. But, I guess that's the luck of the draw.

Still, it's a high energy show that I loved and would love to see again!!!!

This concert was amazing. By far the best one I have been too. And the venue was incredible. So intimate. It felt like the band was sitting on your lap. The supporting bands were great and they owned the stage with their crazy moves. And the wombats were incredibly they were funny and spoke to the crowd as if we knew eachother. Their stage presence was amazing. They flaunted their guitar moves around the stage. The lights the animations and the props! Yes. They had props. Suddenly baloons flew out on stage and the mosh pit ate them up. Oh and the finishing song. Suddenly people in wombats costumes strutted in the stage. Overall INCREDIBLE NIGHT!

The Wombats at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC, Jan 15, 2018

Excellent sold out show. This is my 3rd Wombats' tour and it was great to see a mix of ages in the crowd and lots of enthusiasm. It was cool to be singing along with the teenager next to me. The setlist was evenly distributed between all 4 albums—and I appreciated this. All the songs were good, sound was excellent and they always bring the enthusiasm to their live shows. While I think the newer songs are a little overproduced, live they are great a little rougher and raucous. The only sad thing is that this will probably be the last time I get to see this band in a club.

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The Wombats: North America 2022 Tour

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Even after eighteen intense years of bouncing, bellowing and soul-baring your way to the top, some successes strike when you’re not looking. While The Wombats were hard at work remotely constructing their fifth album Fix Yourself, Not The World from LA, London and Oslo, a new generation of TikTokers were sending the band viral by making over 600,000 videos – some viewed over 100 million times – around the opening lines of the Oliver Nelson remix of their 2015 Glitterbug album track ‘Greek Tragedy’: “We’re smashing mics in karaoke bars, you’re running late with half your make-up on”. “I think one influencer made a video of her dancing, singing the opening, and then it took off and every man and his dog were doing it,” says singer Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy of a viral breakout that has seen the remix streamed 30 million times, the original track 120 million (sending it gold in the US) and add 2.4 million to their monthly Spotify listeners since January 2021. “Someone sent me Charlie Puth singing it like whilst having some granola. I guess people were searching ‘what is this song?’ It turned out that remix was on some Hed Kandi compilation [Dusk ‘Til Disco, 2015] and that was the only outlet for it. It's cool that random celebrities are singing the opening lines to something I wrote a long time ago, it’s great that it’s doing well but it's just completely random.” The success of the ‘Greek Tragedy’ remix is further illustration, if any were needed, of The Wombats’ ability to remain relevant to new generations of fans through the timeless power of their songwriting alone. Formed at the Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts in 2003, they were the three-headed guitar pop sensation – Murph, bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen and drummer Dan Haggis - that erupted out of Merseyside with Top Twenty hits like ‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ and ‘Moving To New York’ during the late-‘00s indie rock explosion, stamped their mark on the era with 2007’s fervidly melodic debut album A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation, and then transcended it. By 2011’s This Modern Glitch (a UK Number 3 hit) and 2015’s Glitterbug (Number 5) they’d easily hurdled the shift to streaming and become a playlist phenomenon thanks to tracks such as ‘Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)’, ‘Techno Fan’, ‘1996’, ‘Emoticons’ and their online secret weapon ‘Greek Tragedy’. Murph’s magnificent way with melding deeply infectious melodies with dark, wry and surreal confessions from his fractured psyche and shame-filled romantic history – combined with the band’s gradual embrace of the synthetic tones and textures of modern pop – endeared them to new waves of young streaming fans (over half are under 24) and has seen their popularity continually expand. Their sets at festivals such as Reading & Leeds would draw the biggest crowd flockings of the entire weekend, and the UK tour for 2018’s Top 3, silver-certified fourth album Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (home of ‘Turn’, ‘Cheetah Tongue’ and post-row domestic confessional ‘Lemon To A Knife Fight’ and currently nudging 300 million streams) culminated in a celebratory show at Wembley Arena, complete with dancing wombats. “Top five gig ever,” Murph remembers, “I’m very proud that we’ve stuck in like some dirty little warthogs. It hasn't been the easiest road but we've always kept our focus and it's paying off…I thought it was gonna stay in that mid-2000s indie rock phase forever and then swarms of younger people are now getting into the band and finding the older stuff.” Testament to the strength of your songwriting? “I think for me it's a combination of hard work and that lyrically and musically we've always done what we like. I've never tried to tone it down for any commercial gain. I like weird, odd lyrics, crazy titles or strange concepts for songs. I struggle to write songs that come from more of an accessible or blander place.” Not a band averse to internal frictions, The Wombats took a well-earned break after the Beautiful People tour wrapped up at Reading & Leeds 2019 and reconvened early in 2020, first as a group at Murph’s home studio in LA where a “bedrock” of four or five songs came together, then working and recording remotely throughout 2020 once lockdown hit, marshalled by a variety of producers including Jacknife Lee, Gabe Simon (Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey), Paul Meaney (Twenty One Pilots, Nothing But Thieves) and regular Wombats desk-man Mark Crew. “The plan before we started was David Byrne - a decent amount of brass going on - meets LCD Soundsystem,” Murph says of the album’s intended direction. “All I had in the back of my head was to keep it real and as organic as possible and not throw the kitchen sink at it. Then we ended up throwing the kitchen sink at it. Somehow the kitchen sink just appears no matter how much I’d like it to disappear. It's great, but we’ve absolutely lobbed everything at it again.” With Murph in Highland Park in Los Angeles, Tord in Oslo and Dan in London, discussing each day’s plan via Zoom, then recording separately and sending individual files to the producers to mix into the finished tracks, the recording was “pure madness, to be honest. Dan and Tord can be like fire and ice and the fact that I was away and disconnected made things madder than they needed to be. I wouldn't recommend it.” The Wombats have the bond and experience to power through such setbacks however; Fix Yourself, Not The World turned out to be a remarkably cohesive, inventive and forward-thinking guitar pop record, and arguably their best yet. Incorporating cutting edge electronica, pop and R&B elements into the melodic energies of classic new wave, alt-rock and indietronica, it’s a record that will appeal equally to fans of Talking Heads, New Order, The Cure and Charli XCX. It also finds Murph turning a psychological corner: where Beautiful People… was full of semi-comic stories from the brink, or the midst, of meltdown, Fix Yourself, Not The World – as its title suggests – reads more like a self-help manual for the domesticated malcontent. “The pandemic and all the social upheaval massively influenced the idea that the most powerful thing I can do as a human being is to shake my fist at myself rather than shake my fist at the outside world,” Murph explains. “There was this Jungian theory about if you change something within yourself or your actions, you immediately change something in society as a whole.” Throughout the album, there’s a whole lot of fixing going on. The trash disco funk punk of ‘You Flip Me Upside Down’ – set in James Murphy’s Brooklyn wine bar The Four Horsemen, if not one of his catchiest fever dreams – has Murph admitting “I don’t wanna sit around and just get high” as the hedonistic life loses its lustre in the head-clearing rush of fresh love: “It’s aware that the party scene is not gonna be as fulfilling as I may have thought it was in the past,” Murph says. On ‘This Car Drives All By Itself’, a melting pot of space pop, acid house, The Tom Tom Club, ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ and gang chant punk, he repurposes the concept of the self-driving vehicle as a topical metaphor for coming to terms with humanity’s helplessness. “I thought that that was a great way of saying, we row but the universe steers,” he says. “We're not in control as much we think and I want to learn to be okay with that.” Where Beautiful People… spotlit the plate-flinging paranoias behind marital bliss, Fix Yourself… focusses more on the transformative release of romantic commitment. ‘Wildfire’ is a heat-hazy tribute to his wife, ‘If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You’ an electropop ode to obsessive devotion, ‘Ready For The High’ a sultry buzz rock note-to-self to accept the good times now they’re here. Portishead-esque ballad and first release ‘Method To The Madness’ pinpoints his honeymoon in Barcelona as the breakthrough moment when Murph decided to dump his demons and “fuck my sadness”, and even a song called ‘Everything I Love Is Going To Die’ is an upbeat New Order/Cure homage about trying to live to the fullest while we still can. “Icarus was my best friend,” Murph sings, “so I’m gonna make him proud in the end”. “I’m maybe learning to start not beating myself up so much,” Murph says. “There’s only a finite amount of time that we have in these ridiculous vessels of ours and we should try to enjoy it. The whole album is kind of about not trying to control anything but just completely letting go.” Well, not completely. Dotted with snippets of Murph discussing the everyday niggles and irritations that drive him to distraction, ‘Worry’ details the superstitions, paranoias and idiosyncrasies tormenting him daily, from needing everything to be in multiples of three to an irrational fear of mariticide. “It’s supposed to be inside the head of someone who’s losing it a bit,” he explains. And the space rock ‘Work Is Easy, Life Is Hard’ finds just as much fear and confusion in the bark of the online attack dog. “It’s about cancel culture,” Murph says of pointed lines like “why don’t you chop my tongue out?” and “you don’t speak for me”. “The toxicity of social media. One of my friends said there’s no room for nuance in anyone’s opinions or views on the world, you’re either with us or you’re against us. I think people are sucked into a vortex of pretty bad ideologies when I feel like wouldn’t it be nice if we formed our own ideology individually and talked about them properly, rather than shoving them down people’s necks or cancelling people for not agreeing with us? Where is the conversation, because it’s not gonna progress anywhere without being able to talk to one another intelligently. Maybe the things you’re talking about are far, far, far too complex to be put in 280 characters.” The Wombats, on the other hand, are becoming pan-generational masters at weaving the complexities of the everyday struggle to stay sane, happy and psychosis-free into forty-five minutes of exuberant future rock, as ever more young streamers are discovering in their millions. As their unstoppable ascent continues, next year they headline London’s O2 Arena. Ready for another high?

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The Wombats Announce North American Tour; New Album 'Fix Yourself, Not The World'

Their new album will be released January 7.

The Wombats will release their new studio album, Fix Yourself, Not The World, on January 7 via AWAL. Today the band is happy to announce a North American tour in support of the LP. The dates kick off January 20 in Washington, D.C. and conclude in Los Angeles on February 25. Along the way the three piece will play shows in New York, Atlanta and Seattle. Tickets are on sale Friday, September 17 at 10am local time.

The Wombats have shared the album's "If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You," an infectious electro-pop ode to obsessive devotion and the cathartic "Method To The Madness." Recording remotely over the past year from their respective homes, the band have been working hard to produce some of the most captivating, inventive and forward-thinking music of their career to date.

15 years and three top 5 UK albums into their career, The Wombats are pulling in a bigger audience than ever before. The viral success of Oliver Nelson's remix of their 2015 hit "Greek Tragedy" on TikTok has enraptured a whole new generation of fans, a feat they've managed to continually repeat since their 2007 debut A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation.

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January 20 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC

January 22 - The Fillmore - Philadelphia, PA

January 25 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY

January 26 - House of Blues - Boston, MA

January 28 - Corona - Montreal, QB

January 31 - St. Andrew's - Detroit, MI

February 1 - Newport - Columbus, OH

February 3 - Park West - Chicago, IL

February 4 - The Fillmore - Minneapolis, MN

February 5 - The Truman - Kansas City, MO

February 7 - Cannery - Nashville, TN

February 8 - Buckhead - Atlanta, GA

February 10 - House of Blues - Houston, TX

February 11 - Emo's - Austin, TX

February 12 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX

February 14 - Ogden - Denver, CO

February 15 - Union - Salt Lake City, UT

February 17 - Showbox Market - Seattle, WA

February 18 - Venue Nightclub - Vancouver, BC

February 19 - Revolution Hall - Portland, OR

February 21 - The Regency - San Francisco, CA

February 22 - The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA

February 25 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA

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• Sun 21 Aug Belfast, The Telegraph Building The Wombats Cruel Sister
• Fri 12 Aug O2 Academy Edinburgh The Wombats
• Wed 10 Aug ➙ Sun 14 Aug Newquay, Boardmasters Festival Site Boardmasters Festival 2022 George Ezra, Damian Marley, IDLES, The Lathums, Self Esteem…
• Fri 5 Aug Newmarket Racecourse The Wombats
• Fri 22 Jul ➙ Sun 24 Jul Sheffield, Hillsborough Park Tramlines 2022 Sam Fender, James, Declan McKenna, Shed Seven, Bad Boy Chiller Crew…
• Sat 16 Jul London, Finsbury Park Community Festival 2022 Two Door Cinema Club, The Wombats, Nothing But Thieves, Pale Waves, Circa Waves…
• Thu 26 May Scarborough Open Air Theatre The Wombats
• Sat 23 Apr Liverpool Guild of Students The Wombats The Night Café
• Fri 22 Apr Liverpool Guild of Students The Wombats The Night Café
• Thu 21 Apr Liverpool Guild of Students The Wombats The Night Café
• Tue 19 Apr Glasgow, Barrowland The Wombats Sports Team
• Mon 18 Apr Glasgow, Barrowland The Wombats Sports Team
• Sat 16 Apr Utilita Arena Cardiff The Wombats Sports Team, The Night Café
• Fri 15 Apr London, The O2 The Wombats Sports Team, The Night Café
• Thu 14 Apr Leeds, first direct arena The Wombats Sports Team, The Night Café

January 2022

• Tue 11 Jan Bristol, Rough Trade The Wombats - Acoustic Set & Signing
• Tue 11 Jan Bristol, Motion & The Marble Factory The Wombats
• Mon 10 Jan O2 Academy Oxford The Wombats
• Sun 9 Jan Nottingham, Rough Trade The Wombats - Acoustic Set & Signing
• Sun 9 Jan Nottingham Trent University SU The Wombats
• Sat 8 Jan Coventry, hmv Empire The Wombats
• Fri 7 Jan Portsmouth, The Gaiety Bar The Wombats
• Thu 6 Jan Kingston Upon Thames, Pryzm The Wombats

September 2021

• Fri 3 Sep ➙ Sun 5 Sep Warrington, Victoria Park Neighbourhood Weekender 2021 Catfish and the Bottlemen, James, Gerry Cinnamon, Sam Fender, Shed Seven…

August 2021

• Fri 27 Aug ➙ Sun 29 Aug Reading Festival Reading Festival 2021 Stormzy, AJ Tracey, Mabel, Declan McKenna, MoStack…
• Fri 27 Aug ➙ Sun 29 Aug Leeds, Bramham Park Leeds Festival 2021 Stormzy, AJ Tracey, Mabel, Declan McKenna, MoStack…
• Sat 17 Jul Warminster, Longleat House Longleat Live - The Festival with Bite 2021 The Wombats, Sundara Karma, Circa Waves, The Hairy Bikers, Emma Weymouth
• Fri 28 May ➙ Sun 30 May Warrington, Victoria Park Neighbourhood Weekender 2021 Ian Brown, Sam Fender, Shed Seven, Pale Waves, The Coral…

September 2020

• Sat 5 Sep ➙ Sun 6 Sep Warrington, Victoria Park Neighbourhood Weekender 2020 Ian Brown, Sam Fender, Shed Seven, Pale Waves, The Coral…
• Sat 4 Jul Warminster, Longleat House The Wombats
• Sat 30 May London, Victoria Park All Points East Festival 2020 - The Kooks & The Wombats Tom Walker, Jake Bugg, Gang of Youths…
• Sat 23 May ➙ Sun 24 May Warrington, Victoria Park Neighbourhood Weekender 2020 Ian Brown, Sam Fender, Shed Seven, Pale Waves, Fontaines D.C.…
• Sat 2 May Online / Streaming Events Sound City - Stay At Home Festival Friendly Fires DJ Set, The Wombats, Red Rum Club, The Blinders, The Night Cafe (DJ Set)…

August 2019

• Thu 22 Aug ➙ Sun 25 Aug Reading Festival Reading Festival 2019 The 1975, Royal Blood, The Wombats, You Me At Six, Juice WRLD…
• Thu 22 Aug ➙ Sun 25 Aug Leeds, Bramham Park Leeds Festival 2019 Foo Fighters, A Day To Remember, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, The Distillers, Lil Uzi Vert…
• Wed 7 Aug ➙ Sun 11 Aug Newquay, Boardmasters Festival Site Boardmasters Festival 2019 Wu-Tang Clan, The Wombats, Giggs, Razorlight, Mabel…
• Fri 12 Jul ➙ Sun 14 Jul Glasgow Green TRNSMT Festival 2019 Stormzy, Gerry Cinnamon, Years & Years, AJ Tracey, Fredo…
• Sat 6 Jul Manchester, Castlefield Bowl The Wombats, The Night Café, Fuzzy Sun
• Wed 26 Jun ➙ Sun 30 Jun Glastonbury, Worthy Farm Glastonbury Festival 2019 Stormzy, George Ezra, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Bastille, Sheryl Crow…

February 2019

• Fri 1 Feb London, OVO Arena, Wembley The Wombats

January 2019

• Thu 31 Jan O2 Academy Birmingham The Wombats
• Tue 29 Jan O2 Academy Bournemouth The Wombats
• Mon 28 Jan Newport Centre The Wombats
• Sat 26 Jan Leeds, first direct arena The Wombats
• Fri 25 Jan O2 Academy Glasgow The Wombats
• Thu 24 Jan O2 Academy Glasgow The Wombats

September 2018

• Sat 1 Sep Lingfield Park Racecourse The Wombats

August 2018

• Sun 26 Aug Hull, Zebedee's Yard The Wombats
• Fri 24 Aug ➙ Sun 26 Aug Reading Festival Reading Festival 2018 Fall Out Boy, Travis Scott, The Kooks, The Wombats, Post Malone…
• Thu 23 Aug ➙ Sun 26 Aug Leeds, Bramham Park Leeds Festival 2018 Kings Of Leon, Courteeners, The Vaccines, J Hus, Krept & Konan…
• Wed 22 Aug Glasgow, Bellahouston Park Kings Of Leon, The Wombats, The Hunna, Everything Everything, Isaac Gracie
• Fri 17 Aug ➙ Sun 19 Aug Lowlands 2018 Gorillaz, Kendrick Lamar, N*E*R*D, The War on Drugs, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers…
• Fri 15 Jun ➙ Sun 17 Jun Maifeld Derby 2018 Jon Hopkins, Rhye, Deerhunter, Ibeyi, Klangstof…
• Thu 29 Mar O2 Guildhall Southampton The Wombats
• Wed 28 Mar O2 Academy Bristol The Wombats
• Tue 27 Mar London, Alexandra Palace The Wombats
• Sun 25 Mar Norwich, UEA The Wombats
• Sat 24 Mar Manchester Academy The Wombats
• Fri 23 Mar Birmingham, O2 Institute The Wombats
• Wed 21 Mar Nottingham, Rock City The Wombats
• Tue 20 Mar Newcastle upon Tyne, NX Newcastle The Wombats
• Mon 19 Mar Aberdeen, The Beach Ballroom The Wombats
• Sat 17 Mar O2 Academy Sheffield The Wombats
• Fri 16 Mar Cardiff University SU The Wombats
• Wed 14 Mar Dublin, The Academy The Wombats
• Tue 13 Mar Belfast, The Limelight The Wombats, The Night Café, Bloxx
• Sun 11 Mar Manchester Academy The Wombats
• Sat 10 Mar Coventry, hmv Empire The Wombats
• Fri 9 Mar O2 Academy Sheffield The Wombats

February 2018

• Thu 15 Feb Kingston Upon Thames, The Hippodrome The Wombats
• Tue 13 Feb Stoke-on-Trent, The Sugarmill The Wombats
• Sun 11 Feb Bradford, The Underground The Wombats
• Sat 10 Feb Blackpool, Bootleg Social The Wombats
• Fri 9 Feb Milton Keynes, The Craufurd Arms The Wombats

September 2017

• Fri 1 Sep ➙ Sun 3 Sep Bingley, Myrtle Park Bingley Music Live 2017 Manic Street Preachers, Maximo Park, Twin Atlantic, Cabbage, Kaiser Chiefs…

August 2017

• Fri 18 Aug ➙ Sun 20 Aug Shifnal, Weston Park Virgin V Festival 2017 JAY-Z, Ellie Goulding, Emeli Sandé, Jason Derulo, Clean Bandit…
• Fri 18 Aug ➙ Sun 20 Aug Chelmsford, Hylands Park Virgin V Festival 2017 P!NK, Craig David, Jess Glynne, George Ezra, Madness…
• Fri 21 Jul ➙ Sun 23 Jul Steventon, Hill Farm Truck Festival 2017 The Libertines, The Vaccines, Franz Ferdinand, The Wombats, Slaves…
• Sat 1 Jul London, Finsbury Park Community Festival 2017 Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Wombats, Slaves, Nothing But Thieves, The Hunna…
• Fri 30 Jun London, O2 Academy Brixton The Wombats
• Thu 29 Jun Liverpool Guild of Students The Wombats
• Tue 27 Jun O2 Academy Glasgow The Wombats

August 2016

• Thu 25 Aug ➙ Sun 28 Aug Leeds, Bramham Park Leeds Festival 2016 Biffy Clyro, Fall Out Boy, The Vaccines, A$AP Rocky, Five Finger Death Punch…
• Thu 25 Aug ➙ Sun 28 Aug Reading Festival Reading Festival 2016 Foals, Disclosure (2), CHVRCHES, Boy Better Know, Die Antwoord…

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Interview: The Wombats - When we played Birmingham the venue got covered in toilet water

The Liverpool band play Birmingham Institute on September 25.

• 09:00, 13 SEP 2015

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They were the Liverpool band that nobody expected to stick around but Three albums later The Wombats are as strong as ever.

They head to Birmingham Institute on September 25 although their memories of the city involve a disastrous toilet mishap.

Now promoting their recent album Glitterbug, we talk to bass player and keyboardist Tord Knudsen, who plays pretty much everything for this band at different points, about their career so far, new tour and the response to Glitterbug.

Do you have any standout memories of playing in Birmingham?

We once played the Barfly (I think that was the venue) and in the middle of our set, the toilets got flooded and the whole floor in the venue got covered with toilet water!

No one really seems to care though and the gig continued as nothing happened.

How were the summer festival dates for you?

The festival summer was great fun and really good to see people getting into and singing along to the songs from our new album.

Do you feel under any pressure to put songs from earlier in your career into the set?

Keeping songs from earlier albums makes the set more varied and fun to play.

We don’t feel the pressure to do so, it’s just something that’ll make the show better I think both for us and the audience!

The charts say your second album is your most successful. Is that an idea you’d agree with?

It depends where in the world you are looking.

In America for instance Glitterbug is doing a lot better than our previous albums and it is constantly growing for us over there.

Also, with the response we get to the new songs and first album songs live, it certainly doesn’t feel that way.

How has the response to Glitterbug been so far?

We’re really happy with how the album turned out and the response from our old and new fans have been amazing!

It’s a fairly dark album compared to past records. What caused that?

I guess as a band we’ve always been a fan of the contrast with happy and up-tempo music with lyrics in a darker place.

On Glitterbug I guess we’ve got moments where the music goes a bit darker too, but some songs are some of the most positive ones we’ve ever written!

What caused the album to be delayed?

The producer we wanted to work with, Mark Crew (Bastille) was a very busy man, so we had to wait in order to fit in studio time with him.

Why do you think Wombats have stuck around where other bands have fallen by the wayside?

It’s impossible for me to tell you why, but I believe bands who a willing to work really hard both on the road and in the studio to push the band forward got a big advantage to survive in this industry.

What can we expect from your new UK tour?

We’ve been on the road pretty much non-stop since March, so the show is now perfected.

For people who haven’t seen us yet can expect a high energy and sweaty gig with both old and new songs you can dance and sing along to.

Expect moshpits, crowd surfing and Wall of Death and be prepared to loose your shoes.

The set-list will be different – we’ll be bringing back some old ones we haven’t done for a while and add a few new ones we haven’t done live yet!

Is it too early to start discussing a new album?

Yeah, as we don’t write much on the road, we haven’t got that far yet apart from a few potential ideas.

We’ll start working on number four when we’ve finished the touring.

The Wombats have, perhaps unfairly, been dismissed as “landfill indie” - the idea being that they emerged along with The Holloways and Pigeon Detectives on the back of such greats as The Libertines, The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys.

Is it ever frustrating when you hear phrases like “landfill indie” passed around?

No, not really.

If you could separate yourself from that tag, what bands would you prefer to be associated with?

Our influences are so varied and I feel you can hear that in our music. Whether it’s electro, punk/hardcore, pop, folk or straight up indie we pick up little things from all of it.

I’m happy to be associated with whatever people get from the music we make!

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Sports team + dj set by abbie mccarthy.

• Date 15 Apr 2022
• Venue The O2 arena
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The Wombats bring their biggest UK headline show to The O2 on 15th April 2022.

Plus special guests Sports Team. DJ set by Abbie McCarthy.

The special one-off ‘All The Hits’ event is a celebration of the band's collection of bonafide indie classics. From ‘Moving To New York’ to ‘Method To The Madness’, passing by ‘Greek Tragedy ’ and ‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ , it will see The Wombats perform for the first time a career spanning greatest hits set including all the essential singles you’d expect from their acclaimed live show. Fans can also expect to hear future classics in waiting. This landmark show is the Liverpool-formed trio’s first in the capital since they played Wembley Arena in 2019 and reflects their ever increasing audience as they continue to connect with legions of new fans. Presale tickets will be available at 9am on Wednesday 9th June, with general sale at 9am on Friday 11th June.

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