Courteeners have announced details of God Bless The Band, the very best of Courteeners, and share brand new single 'The Luckiest Man Alive'.
Celebrating the band’s phenomenal 20-year career, God Bless The Band, is released on Ignition Music on August 28, coinciding with the band’s huge sold-out homecoming show at Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park that weekend. The band then embark on a nationwide headline arena tour in the autumn with dates at London’s Alexandra Palace, Cardiff Utilita Arena, Leeds First Direct Arena, Liverpool M&S Bank Arena, Glasgow OVO Hydro and Birmingham Utilita Arena.
Speaking about their newest release, Liam Fray says, “In October it’s 20 years since our first gig, so with a couple of new songs fresh from the studio, the timing just seemed right for a Best Of. If we mean half as much to people as they have done to us over the years, then we’ve not done too bad. We look forward to seeing you down the front God Bless The Fans x”.
Listen to ‘The Luckiest Man Alive’ on Red Devils Records.
Since releasing St. Jude in 2008, Courteeners have quietly and confidently become one of the biggest bands in Britain. Their gigs are massive celebrations where songs become a communal experience between band and fans with each chorus unifying tens of thousands of people. The band have achieved consistent commercial success with over one million UK album sales and the last four albums charting Top 5 and debut St. Jude reaching #1 fifteen years after its initial release.
God Bless The Band celebrates an incredible two-decades of Courteeners, featuring tracks from their seven studio albums – St. Jude (2008), Falcon (2010), Anna (2013), Concrete Love (2014), Mapping the Rendezvous (2016), More. Again. Forever. (2020) and Pink Cactus Cafe (2024) – along with two brand new tracks ‘The Luckiest Man Alive’ and ‘Plus One Forever’ produced by Liam Fray and James Skelly.
£1 + VAT from every ticket sold for their forthcoming headline tour will be donated to the newly launched LIVE Trust, a new funding initiative from LIVE that will offer much needed financial support to those working across live music. The LIVE Trust will initially support the grassroots music sector that is such a vital part of the music ecosystem – from venues and artists to festivals and promoters.
Courteeners will celebrate the announcement with a very special intimate one-off show at Manchester’s Night & Day this Saturday (April 11). Helping to support small venues and the LIVE Trust, Night & Day is close to the bands’ heart having played here many times at the very start of their career.
