Echo & The Bunnymen have announced their first new album in four years and will tour the UK in October.
The new record, entitled The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon, is a 15-track collection which will feature new versions of songs from their back catalog along with two brand new recordings.
“I’m not doing this for anyone else. I’m doing it as it’s important to me to make the songs better. I have to do it,” says Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch in a statement.
The new record is out in October and they’ve shared the lead single today which is a sparse rework of their iconic 1984 track ‘Seven Seas’.
The band will also play two dates in May and June before hitting the practice room for a full tour in October, tickets can be found exclusively here.
May
26 – BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall – Tickets available here.
28 – MANCHESTER Bridgewater Hall – Tickets available here.
30 – GATESHEAD Sage One – Tickets available here.
June
1 – LONDON Royal Albert Hall – Tickets available here.
22 – BRISTOL St Phillips Gate – Tickets available here.
October
12 – DUBLIN Olympia – Tickets available here.
14 – WARRINGTON Parr Hall – Tickets available here.
15 – CARDIFF St Davids Hall – Tickets available here.
16 – READING Hexagon – Tickets available here.
18 – LONDON Palladium – Tickets available here.
20 – NORTHAMPTON Derngate – Tickets available here.
21 – WARWICK Arts Centre – Tickets available here.
22 – YORK Barbican – Tickets available here.
The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon tracklist
01 – ‘Bring On The Dancing Horses’
02 – ‘The Somnambulist’
03 – ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’
04 – ‘Lips Like Sugar’
05 – ‘Rescue’
06 – ‘ Rust’
07 – ‘Angels & Devils’
08 – ‘Bedbugs & Ballyhoo’
09 – ‘Zimbo’
10 – ‘Stars Are Stars’
11 – ‘Seven Seas’
12 – ‘Ocean Rain’
13 – ‘The Cutter’
14 – ‘How Far?’
15 – ‘The Killing Moon’