Iconic British band Soul II Soul will embark on a landmark tour of the UK in 2018 marking 30 years of hugely influential success, paying tribute to their legendary debut album, Club Classics Vol 1. The double Grammy Award winning and five-time Brit Award nominated band will play 12 dates in the UK in October and November 2018, including a date at London’s Palladium, featuring a stunning production.

With huge hits including ‘Keep On Movin’ (which sold over a million copies in the US alone) and the UK number one single ‘Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)’, Soul II Soul progressed from being one of the leaders of the 1980’s warehouse scene to pioneering British black music around the world, and securing commercial success for themselves and the huge amount of artists they have influenced.

During the course of their stellar career the band have sold over 10 million albums worldwide and main man Jazzie B was awarded an OBE for services to music in 2008, as well as winning an Ivor Novello Award for Inspiration, as “the man who gave British black music a soul of its own”.

Soul II Soul 2018 30th Anniversary Tour  Dates

Friday 19th October: Town Hall / Birmingham

Saturday 20th October: Royal Philharmonic / Liverpool

Sunday 21st October: Brighton Dome / Brighton

Tuesday 23rd October: Guildford G Live

Wednesday 24th October: City Hall / Hull

Thursday 25th October: De Montford Hall / Leicester

Friday 26th October: Town Hall / Leeds

Saturday 27th October: Albert Hall / Manchester

Sunday 28th October: London Palladium / London

Thursday 1st November: St David’s Hall / Cardiff

Friday 2nd November: Corn Exchange / Cambridge

Saturday 3rd November: SEC Armadillo / Glasgow

Sunday 4th November: Sage / Gateshead

Nihilistic Glamour Shots is the debut album from Cabbage, to be released March 30 on Infectious Music. Produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey (Blossoms, The Coral, She Drew The Gun) at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, Nihilistic Glamour Shots is an album that confirms Cabbage as one of the most nuanced bands in years. Equally drawn to socialist politics and mucking about, they’re devotees of both big choruses and anarchic totems like GG Allin, Genesis P Orridge and Butthole Surfers.

There’s been a weight of fevered expectation around a full Cabbage album ever since their startling debut EP, Le Chou arrived at the start of 2016. Since then, the Manchester band have released 36 songs, played well over 200 gigs.

Cabbage formed in Mossley, a small town on the edge of the Pennines nine miles east of Manchester, in November 2015. Co-vocalist Lee Broadbent and Eoghan Clifford (guitar) had been drummers in their previous bands, while Joe Martin (co-vocalist) was a promising performance poet. Hilariously twisted live staple ‘Dinner Lady’ from ‘Le Chou’ was initially one of Joe’s poems. Bassist Steve Evans had the most experience, having been in several bands before adding his beatific calm and fluid playing to Cabbage. Drummer Asa Morley was the last to join, recruited in early 2016.

Cabbage head out on tour later this month, supported by The Rhythm Method, and will embark on more dates in April following the release of the album with support from She Drew The Gun. On May 19, the band will curate ‘Glamour At Thee Ritz’ at Manchester’s O2 Ritz. Starting at 5pm and headlined by Cabbage, the event across 2 rooms at The Ritz will feature PINS, The Blinders, Rhythm Method, Witch Fever, Lady Bird, Sports Team + more to be announced over the coming weeks.

Cabbage ‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’ tracklisting:

Preach To The Converted

Arms Of Pleonexia

Molotov Alcopop

Disinfect Us

Postmodernist Caligula

Exhibit A

Celebration Of A Disease

Perdurabo

Gibraltar Ape

Obligatory Castration

Reptiles State Funeral

Subhuman 2.0