REEF announce ‘Replenish’ 30th anniversary UK tour

REEF have announced details of a new UK tour, celebrating 30 years of ‘Replenish’. Find out the details below.

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The upcoming tour dates will see the UK rock band celebrate the album that first put them on the map three decades ago, and saw them reach the Top 10 on the charts.

Comprising 13 shows across the country next year, the tour kicks off on October 16 with an opening slot at the Rock City venue in Nottingham, before continuing with stops at Glasgow’s SWG3 and UAE in Norwich on October 17 and 18 respectively.

From there, the band will embark on shows in Bournemouth, Bristol, Southampton, Manchester and Liverpool throughout the remainder of the month, before wrapping up the final leg of shows at the start of November.

These dates include gigs in Tenby, Swansea and Leeds, before wrapping up with a penultimate show at the Academy in Birmingham on November 7 and a final stop at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire the following night (8).

“It’s such a pleasure to announce that we will be on tour next year celebrating 30 years since the release of our debut album ‘Replenish’,” said frontman Gary Stringer announcing the news. “We will of course be playing the album in full as well as other fan favourites. It’s lush to revisit the starting point of what has been a wonderful adventure. So do come and join us.”

Tickets go on sale this Friday (December 13) and will be available here. Pre-sale options launch tomorrow (11) at 10am. Check out a full list of new UK shows below.

REEF’s ‘Replenish 30th Anniversary UK Tour’ dates are:

OCTOBER

16 – Nottingham, Rock City

17 – Glasgow, SWG3 – TV Studio

18 – Norwich, UEA

23 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy

24 – Bristol, O2 Academy

25 –Southampton, 1865

30 – Manchester, O2 Ritz

31 – LIverpool, O2 Academy

NOVEMBER

1 – Tenby, De Valence Pavilion

2 – Swansea, Patti Pavilion

6 – Leeds, O2 Academy

7 – Birmingham, O2 Institute

8 – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 

Upon the release of the debut album back in June 1995, the four-piece from Somerset were catapulted to fame and went on to join grunge icons Soundgarden and stoner rock pioneers Kyuss on tour.

They would also go on to become the leading band to open the NME Stage at Glastonbury in 1997.

“That record changed our lives,” said Stringer. “It’s kids from the countryside coming to the city and saying, ‘This is us, this is our energy, this is what we want to share.’ And people connected with it.”

In other REEF news, back in 2022 frontman Gary Stringer took part in NME’s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! series, and recalled winning an all-day charity football tournament against bands including Oasis and Dodgy in 1996.

“We’d loved playing football together from the beginning, when Reef lived in a cottage in Isleworth, west London. That competition was ace. You had Robbie Williams turn up and the whole Oasis/Blur rivalry was going on and – surprise, surprise! – they were drawn against each other, which was a great pantomime,” he said.

“You had Liam with his hat on surly-ing it around in midfield, and I remember him scoring a glory goal. We knocked Blur out of the competition, but I don’t remember much about that match other than a woman running on the pitch topless during it, and also [Blur bassist] Alex James stopping and nonchalantly having a fag midway through the game. Good fun!”