Ocean Colour Scene coming to the Brickyard in Carlisle

After the bands highly successful 25th anniversary tour in 2015, Simon Fowler and Oscar Harrison are taking their stripped back acoustic show on a tour of 'specially selected intimate venues'.

After their gig in Carlisle the show moves on to Keele, Stroud, Coventry and Bexhill-on-Sea.

The band became famous in the Britpop scene in the 1990s, supporting Oasis at Knebworth in 1996 before their album ‘Marchin’ Already’ went to number one in 1997, displacing Oasis’s ‘Be Here Now’ in the process.

Their 1998 arena tour round the UK was the biggest by any British band that year.

Over the past 30 years the band have played some of the biggest venues in the country and had five Top 10 albums, six Top 10 singles and a mantelpiece full of awards.

Simon Fowler and Oscar Harrison are playing at the Brickyard in Carlisle on Thursday, September 1.

Simon and Oscar are taking some of the bands most iconic hits, including ‘The Riverboat Song’, ‘The Circle’, ‘Traveller’s Tune’, ‘Hundred Mile High City’ and ‘The Day We Caught The Train’ and reimagining them in new acoustic versions.

The new arrangements take the classic songs and 'give them a new edge to totally reimagine them'.

A spokesperson for the Brickyard said: "We can't wait to welcome back Simon and Oscar to The Brickyard.

"They last played our venue back in 2010 and everyone had a right good sing song.

"They were lovely guys too and had a great time so we are really looking forward to belting out some Ocean Colour Scene classics again on September 1."

Tickets are £27.50 and can be bought in advance.

Doors open at 7.30pm and for more information visit the Brickyard website.

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