Blossoms had been joined by Courteeners’ Liam Fray at their Manchester Apollo present on Friday evening (December 9) – see footage beneath.

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The band performed the penultimate date of their enormous UK and Eire tour on the venue, and Fray joined them through the encore for 2 Courteeners favourites.

Blossoms’ fourth studio album, ‘Ribbon Round The Bomb’, got here out this April, whereas 2020 noticed them launch their ‘Isolation Covers’ album, that includes new variations of songs by the likes of Frank Ocean, The Coral and Tame Impala that the band had recorded within the first COVID lockdown.

In the course of the Apollo present, Fray joined the band on stage for renditions of ‘Please Don’t’ and ‘Not Nineteen Eternally’. They coated the previous collectively throughout lockdown.

Watch footage of the performances beneath. Blossoms end their tour with a 3rd Apollo gig tonight (December 10).

Blossoms performed:

‘At Most A Kiss’
‘Honey Candy’
‘Oh No (I Assume I’m In Love)’
‘The Keeper’
‘Blown Rose’
‘Ode To NYC’
‘The Sulking Poet’
‘Care For’
‘I Can’t Stand It’
‘If You Assume This Is Actual Life’
‘How Lengthy Will This Final?’
‘Getaway’
‘Your Girlfriend’
‘Huge Phrase’
‘My Swimming Mind’
‘My Favorite Room’
‘Please Don’t’ (with Liam Fray)
‘Not Nineteen Eternally’ (with Liam Fray)
‘There’s A Motive Why (I By no means Returned Your Calls)’
‘Charlemagne’

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On the London date of their tour final week, Blossoms teamed up with Mel C, Rick Astley and Miles Kane.

The band carried out a success packed set on the O2 Brixton Academy, which additionally noticed Mel C be a part of them for Spice Ladies cowl ‘Spice Up Your Life’ whereas Astley performed Smiths hits ‘This Charming Man’ and ‘There Is A Gentle That By no means Goes Out’ later within the present. The gig culminated in Kane teaming up with Blossoms for his or her hit ‘Charlemagne’.

Blossoms beforehand teamed up with Mel C for ‘Spice Up Your Life’ at Glastonbury over the summer time, whereas Astley toured with the band performing Smiths covers final 12 months.

The reveals earned reward from Morrissey whereas his former bandmate Johnny Marr appeared much less impressed when the gigs had been first introduced.

Marr later instructed NME that the problem had been “handled”, including of his grievances: “There was an M.O. there that simply wasn’t very cool.”



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