Crosstown presents:
The Blow Monkeys
With special guest Pete Williams
Evolving. Engaging. We’re digging this scene.
British pop-soul group The Blow Monkeys are embarking on a new tour, coming off the back of the band releasing their 13th studio album Birdsong.
The album’s release was the first since the group signed to Creation Youth, the British independent record label launched by Alan McGee – the Creation Records founder who famously signed artists like Oasis, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine – and producer and Killing Joke bassist Martin ‘Youth’ Glover.
After making their debut over 40 years ago, The Blow Monkeys became household names when classic singles ‘Digging Your Scene’ and ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way’ became worldwide hits and their cover of Leslie Gore’s 1963 song ‘You Don’t Own Me’ featured on the biggest selling soundtrack of all time, Dirty Dancing.
But there was always so much more going on with these soulful troubadours, with them possessing a relentless desire to move forward, collaborate, to be socially engaged and to have something to contribute.
Need to know
Venue: Sage Two Theatre Layout
Price: £30.10 to £35.20
Stage Times:
7.30pm Doors
8pm – 8.45pm Pete Williams
8.45pm – 9.15pm Interval
9.15pm – 10.30pm The Blow Monkeys
Timings are approximate and subject to change.
Age: Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
Read our policy on bringing bags to the venue.
Getting in: Please use our East Side entrance (Millennium Bridge side) to enter the building.
Parking: Our car park will be busier than usual, so please allow a little extra time or consider making alternative travel or parking arrangements.
About Pete Williams
Pete Williams will be joining The Blow Monkeys as support on their upcoming tour. He’s most known for his work as a founding member of Dexys Midnight Runners, The Bureau and These Tender Virtues. You may also recognise the name if you went to see The Proclaimers in 2019 or The Specials in 2021. This time, he’ll be bringing music from his latest album, H.O.L.L.A.N.D.
