In 1996 Ocean Colour Scene, the four-piece band from Birmingham, would release ‘Moseley Shoals’ one of British rock’s greatest records. It was the year football was coming home. Britpop was at its most triumphant. The Beatles were back in the charts. Take That had split and Oasis were sewing everything up…
Fast-forward 15 years and Universal Records are releasing Ocean Colour Scene’s ‘Moseley Shoals’ as a deluxe version with two CDs featuring original album track-listing plus selected demos and b-sides. Ocean Colour Scene will be touring in February and performing ‘Moseley Shoals’ in its entirety (dates below).
The record boasted four smash singles and jostled for the number one spot throughout 1996. Spending over a year in the chart, selling over 1.3 million copies, including an incredible six month tenure at number two.
FEBRUARY
09 – Newcastle, O2 Academy
10 – Llandudno, Venue Cymru
11 – Cardiff, Uni
13 – Dublin, Olympia
15 – Southampton, Guildhall
17 – Bristol, O2 Academy
18 – Leeds, O2 Academy
19 – Liverpool, Guild Of Students
21 – Norwich, UEA
22 – Nottingham, Rock City
24 – Aberdeen, Music Hall
25 – Glasgow, Barrowland
26 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
DECEMBER
10 – London Brixton Academy
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