– Blossoms – live at Eurosonic 2016 – January 15, 2016 – VPRO/3VOOR12 The Netherlands –
Blossoms at Eurosonic 2016. Voted 4th on BBC 6 Music’s Sound Of New Music for 2016 list, Blossoms from Manchester were getting around and getting noticed. Together since 2013, they have a string of singles and four eps out so far, but it’s been since 2015 that fortunes have been coming their way. Here’s what’s been going on with Blossoms since this 2016 gig:
On 9 September 2017, Blossoms performed at Manchester Arena as part of We Are Manchester, an event to mark reopening of the venue following a terrorist attack there three months prior.
Cool Like You was their second studio album. It was released in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2018, by Virgin EMI Records. The album was produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey. It peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart, and at number 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. Subsequently, after this, the band followed up the album’s release with a UK tour which was completely sold out, including a night at the O2 Apollo in Manchester and three shows at Stockport Plaza. After playing some festivals in the summer, Blossoms announced another UK tour for December, including two nights at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse and the O2 Brixton Academy in London. The entire tour sold out within minutes on the day tickets went on sale.
In June 2019 Blossoms played a homecoming show at Edgeley Park Stadium, selling out every ticket in under an hour.
The band released their third album, Foolish Loving Spaces, on 31 January 2020. Preceded by the singles “Your Girlfriend”, “The Keeper” and “If You Think This Is Real Life”, it went to number 1 on the UK album charts. In November 2020, they premiered a 90-minute long documentary entitled “Blossoms: Back to Stockport” on YouTube and Amazon Prime.
In April 2021 they made national headlines when they were announced as headlining a one-day “trial” festival at Sefton Park on 2 May that year. The festival was notable as the first major festival in the UK for 14 months with no social distancing or face masks, following the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2021, they teamed up with Rick Astley, performing covers of The Smiths songs. The band announced further performances with Astley on 8 and 9 October 2021 and went on to play with him at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival.
The band released their fourth album, Ribbon Around The Bomb, on 29 April 2022. It reached number 1 on the UK album charts, their third time achieving this.
The band announced details their fifth album, Gary, on June 3rd 2024 set for release September 20th.
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