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Garbage announce summer 2024 UK and European tour

The run includes a July show at London's Wembley OVO Arena

Garbage have announced a UK and European headline tour, kicking off this summer. Find all the details below.

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The alt-rock pioneers – comprising frontwoman Shirley Manson , Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and  Butch Vig – will perform across June and July, including a stop at the Wembley OVO Arena on July 20.

The European leg of the tour will open at Magnolia in Milan on June 26, followed by shows in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and more.

The UK shows will kick off with a festival slot at Glasgow’s TRNSMT Festival on July 12, before they hit Edinburgh, Bridlington, Wolverhampton, Manchester and London.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale Friday (March 8) at 10am GMT, following a fan pre-sale on Thursday (March 7) at 10am local time. You’ll be able to purchase your tickets here .

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“So excited to announce that after 5 long years, we are finally returning to Europe this summer. Hope you will be able to join us,” the band shared on Instagram.

Garbage’s 2024 UK and European tour dates are:

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JUNE 26 – Milan, Italy, Magnolia 27 – Lausanne, Switzerland, Les Docks 29 – Tilburg, Netherlands, 013 30 – Luxembourg, Rockhal

JULY 2 – Wiesbaden, Germany, Schlachthof 4 – Berlin, Germany, Uber Eats Music Hall 5 – Cologne, Germany, Palladium 6 – Paris, France, Le Grande Rex 9 – Barcelona, Spain, Razzmatazz 10 – Madrid, Spain, Mad Cool  12 – Glasgow, UK, TRNSMT Festival  14 – Edinburgh, UK, Usher Hall 15 – Bridlington, UK, Bridlington Spa 17 – Wolverhampton, UK, Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls 19 – Manchester, UK, 02 Apollo 20 – London, UK, Wembley OVO Arena

The tour announcement comes shortly after Garbage announced details of an expanded reissue of their 2005 album ‘Bleed Like Me’ .

Speaking about the new expanded reissue of the album, former NME Icon Award winner Manson said: “This album was tricky to make and resulted in the band taking a five year hiatus shortly after it was released.

“However over the years it has become a mainstay of our discography so we decided to finally make it available on vinyl due to the many pained pleas from our fans.”

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Garbage confirm 2024 UK and European live dates

Garbage will be touring the UK and Europe in the summer, finishing up with a massive headline date at London’s OVO Arena Wembley.

Garbage have announced a big summer tour.

The Scottish-American legends – Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig – will be playing a whole bunch of live dates throughout Europe and the UK through June and July, kicking things off at Magnolia in Milan, Italy, and wrapping the tour up at London’s OVO Arena Wembley. In between, they’ve also got a couple of festival shows, at Mad Cool in Madrid and TRNSMT in Glasgow.

Tickets for their headline dates go on sale on Friday, March 8 at 10am .

Catch Garbage at the following:

26 Milan, Italy – Magnolia 27 Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks 29 Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 30 Luxembourg – Rockhal

2 Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof 4 Berlin, Germany – Uber Eats Music Hall 5 Cologne, Germany – Palladium 6 Paris, France – Le Grande Rex 9 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz 10 Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool 12 Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival 14 Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall 15 Bridlington, UK – Bridlington Spa 17 Wolverhampton, UK – Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls 19 Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo 20 London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley

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Garbage announce 2024 UK and European live dates

By Dan Biggane | March 6, 2024

Alternative rockers Garbage hit the road this summer

Garbage have announced details of a headline UK and European tour for June and July 2024.

The dates include a London gig at Wembley OVO Arena on 20 July, as well as shows in Edinburgh, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Bridlington Spa and European dates in Milan, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona.

The group recently revealed details of an expanded reissue of their 2005 album Bleed Like Me , out on 5 April. Fully remastered, the expanded reissue includes 2CD, 1LP Silver vinyl, deluxe 2LP red vinyl and HD digital formats and features b-sides, rare tracks, remixes and alternate versions of tracks.

Bleed Like Me was a Top 5 album chart hit in the UK, US, Australia and the European Billboard chart upon its initial release in April 2005. The album featured four singles, Why Do You Love Me which was a Top 10 single in the UK, Bleed Like Me and Sex Is Not The Enemy which both went on to be regulars in the band’s live shows and Run Baby Run , which was accompanied by a Sophie Muller directed music video.

Featuring Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig, the alternative rockers have been together for over 25 years, selling more than 20 million albums, since their debut in 1995.

Reaching No.6 on the UK Album Chart, their hard-hitting first LP featured the singles Vow, Only Happy When It Rains, Queer, Stupid Girl and Milk.

Their seventh and most recent album No Gods No Masters  was released on BMG Records in 2021 and they are currently at work on what will be their eighth studio album.

Garbage European Tour Dates:

June 26 Milan, Italy – Magnolia 27 Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks 29 Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 30 Luxembourg – Rockhal

July 2 Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof 4 Berlin, Germany – Uber Eats Music Hall 5 Cologne, Germany – Palladium 6 Paris, France – Le Grande Rex 9 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz 10 Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool 12 Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival 14 Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall 15 Bridlington, UK – Bridlington Spa 17 Wolverhampton, UK – Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls 19 Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo 20 London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley

Tickets for the new shows are on sale at 10am GMT on Friday 8 March, with a fan presale from Thursday 7 March at 10am local time. Click here

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Garbage is currently touring across 8 countries and has 25 upcoming concerts.

Their next tour date is at Magnolia in Milan, after that they'll be at Les Docks in Lausanne.

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Seeing Garbage at the Borgata Music Box in Atlantic City, NJ exceeded my expectations in many ways; the venue was small enough to make me feel involved in the event, the acoustics were superior and, best of all, Garbage provided an exceptional performance to the individuals lucky enough to be there.

This band loves to perform; they were nearing the end of a busy U.S. tour, but still were able to hammer out 23 songs with enthusiasm and near studio sound.

I particularly enjoyed Shirley Manson's frequent stories and dialog with the audience, which enhanced the live concert feel.

Inexplicably, the venue was not full; I attribute this to a ticketing issue with the Music Box ticket system; for example, I attempted to purchase tickets as soon as they were on sale, had second row seats, but lost them when I did not have a login to the Borgata's ticket system. Subsequently, I was able to acquire seats in the back of the theater, but there were many empty seats in front of me, which leads me to believe that blocks of tickets are reserved by resellers, like Ticketmaster. This is unfortunate as it likely results in individuals thinking the tickets have all been sold and missing an incredible concert.

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Once again Garbage with the amazing Shirley Manson rocked the Roseland with an unforgettable show! I have seen Garbage every time they’ve come to town since their debut album 25 years ago! And I love it that they could play a larger venue but prefer the more intimate setting. And every time they never fail to bring the house down with a very personal experience. They always make Portland feel like we are the best city that we really are! They absolutely love playing with the north west and you always feel like the performance was specifically played for you like at your own party. Shirley gets to play dress up however she wants and she always looks smashing! I even checked out the Seattle show where she was playing in an oversized T-shirt and still looked fabulous. Never miss a chance to see them when they’re in town. It’s never too late and you’ll always have a fantastic time and walk away with an unforgettable memory!!!!

Garbage continues to amaze each time I see them.

They are cohesive, incendiary, exciting, relentless, & have a great catalog of tunes to flog.

Shirley Manson is as affable & ebullient a front-person as anyone in the business.

She's sincere, funny, playful, sexy--the whole package.

All that &, she's just a flat-out phenomenal vocalist!

Their staging & especially lighting design was constantly dazzling & filled with surprises.

I will see them absolutely when they choose to return to San Francisco, every time.

They represent "rock n' roll dollars", well-spent!

Short side note: Garbage founder, producer, drummer, Butch Vig was not on this gig due to illness. He was missed, but the cat who filled in for him totally crushed the gig, in a good way!

Get well soon Butch!

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4 March 2024, 12:23 | Updated: 4 March 2024, 14:06

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Shirley Manson and co have announced a string of dates for summer 2024. Find out out to buy tickets here.

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Garbage have announced the details of a UK and European tour.

The Stupid Girl rockers will embark on dates in June and July 2024, which will include a Scottish date at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on 14th July and culminate in a show at London's Wembley OVO Arena on 20th July.

Tickets go on general sale on Friday 8th March from 10am GMT, with a fan pre-sale taking place on Thursday 7th March from 10am.

Find out the full details of Garbage's latest dates and how you can be there.

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Garbage's 2024 UK & European tour dates:

• 26th June - Milan, Italy - Magnolia
• 27th June - Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
• 29th June - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
• 30th June - Luxembourg - Rockhal
• 2nd July - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
• 4thJuly - Berlin, Germany - Uber Eats Music Hall
• 5th July - Cologne, Germany - Palladium
• 6th July - Paris, France - Le Grande Rex
• 9th July - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
• 10th July - Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool *
• 12th July - Glasgow, UK - TRNSMT Festival *
• 14th July - Edinburgh, UK - Usher Hall
• 15th July - Bridlington, UK - Bridlington Spa
• 17th July - Wolverhampton, UK - Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls
• 19th July - Manchester, UK - 02 Apollo
• 20th July - London, UK - Wembley OVO Arena

How to buy tickets to Garbage's UK and European dates:

• Garbage's fan pre-sale takes on Thursday 7th March from 10am.
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Garbage recently announced the news of their Bleed Like Me expanded reissue, which is released in 5th April and can be pre-ordered here.

Fully remastered for 2024, the expanded reissue includes 2CD, 1LP Silver vinyl, deluxe 2LP red vinyl and HD digital formats and features b-sides, rare tracks, remixes and alternate versions of tracks.

The alum spawned the singles Why Do You Love Me , Bleed Like Me , Sex Is Not The Enemy and Run Baby Run - and was a Top 5 hit in the UK, US and Australia when it was first released in 2005.

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These new shows add to Garbage's previously announced festival dates at Mad Cool Festival in Madrid and TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow. in Glasgow.

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Garbage Announce UK and European Summer 2024 Tour Dates

Garbage has announced UK and European tour dates for the summer after a five-year hiatus.

"So excited to announce that after 5 long years, we are finally returning to Europe this summer. Hope you will be able to join us," the band shared on their Instagram account.

The alt-rockers released Anthology , a greatest hits/remastered album in 2022 and No Gods No Masters in 2021 with tours in between, most notably co-headling a North American tour with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds last year.

However, a Dec. 9 Christmas gig for Los Angeles radio station KROQ went awry when frontperson Shirley Manson broke up an alleged altercation during the band's set which proceeded to go viral.

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The band were into their third song "Wolves," when Manson spotted the squabbling at the front of the stage.

"Stop, stop," Manson instructed her band, pausing the show. The singer then turned her attention to the situation in the crowd. "Knock this off, girls. Knock this f**king s**t off right the f**k now. What the f**k is wrong with you? F**k this s**t."

She continued, "I don't know ladies, I don't know what the f**k-ing story is; quite frankly, I don't care. There's enough f**king bulls**t in this world... I don’t care who it is. I want it to f**king stop. This is f**king bulls**t. Do we not have enough f**king s**t going on in the world without going f**king aggro at some f**king Christmas party? F**k this."

Manson then pointed out to the venue’s staff, "Separate them right the f**k now. Security, I'd like you to get your f**king a**es in there and find out what the f**k is going on," she said. "I don't want anyone to get hurt. Somebody has lost something, whether it’s a contact lens, glasses or a phone. Let's f**king sort it out."

Broadcasting her frustration, she yelled, "Meanwhile, we’ve got 30 f**king minutes on this stage and you're eating into our time. So f**king get it sorted. I don't have patience for this s**t." The band then proceeded to finish their slot in the show.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale Friday, Mar. 8 at 10am GMT, following a fan pre-sale on Thursday, Mar. 7 at 10am local time. Tickets can be purchased here .

Garbage 2024 UK and European tour dates:

JUNE 26 – Milan, Italy, Magnolia

27 – Lausanne, Switzerland, Les Docks

29 – Tilburg, Netherlands, 013

30 – Luxembourg, Rockhal

2 – Wiesbaden, Germany, Schlachthof

4 – Berlin, Germany, Uber Eats Music Hall

5 – Cologne, Germany, Palladium

6 – Paris, France, Le Grande Rex

9 – Barcelona, Spain, Razzmatazz

10 – Madrid, Spain, Mad Cool

12 – Glasgow, UK, TRNSMT Festival

14 – Edinburgh, UK, Usher Hall

15 – Bridlington, UK, Bridlington Spa

17 – Wolverhampton, UK, Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls

19 – Manchester, UK, 02 Apollo

20 – London, UK, Wembley OVO Arena

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Garbage unveil UK and European headline summer tour dates

Garbage has announced details of a headline UK and European tour for June and July 2024.

The dates include a London gig at Wembley OVO Arena on 20th July, as well as shows in Edinburgh, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Bridlington Spa and European dates in Milan, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona. The band is also playing previously announced festival dates at Mad Cool in Madrid and TRNSMT in Glasgow.

The dates follow the announcement that Garbage will reissue an expanded version of their 2005 album ‘Bleed Like Me’ on 5th April 2024. Fully remastered for 2024, the expanded reissue includes 2CD, 1LP Silver vinyl, deluxe 2LP red vinyl and HD digital formats and features b-sides, rare tracks, remixes and alternate versions of tracks.

Garbage has been together for over 25 years, selling more than 20 million albums, since their debut in 1995. Their seventh and most recent album ‘NO GODS NO MASTERS’ was released on BMG Records in 2021.

Garbage European Tour Dates – June & July 2024  

26 June – Milan, Italy – Magnolia

27 June – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks

29 June – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013

30 June – Luxembourg – Rockhal 

2 July – Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof

4 July – Berlin, Germany – Uber Eats Music Hall

5 July – Cologne, Germany – Palladium

6 July – Paris, France – Le Grande Rex

9 July – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz

10 July – Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool *

12 July – Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival *

14 July – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall

15 July – Bridlington, UK – Bridlington Spa

17 July – Wolverhampton, UK – Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls

19 July – Manchester, UK – 02 Apollo

20 July – London, UK – Wembley OVO Arena

*denotes previously announced show

Tickets for the new shows are on sale at 10am GMT on Friday 8th March, with a fan presale from Thursday 7th March at 10am local time. Visit  https://myticket.co.uk/artists/garbage  for further information. 

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Garbage have announced a summer European/UK tour. Here’s the dates for that run:

06/26 Milan, ITA – Magnolia 06/27 Lausanne, SWI – Les Docks 06/29 Tilburg, NET – 013 06/30 Luxembourg, LUX – Rockhal 07/02 Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof 07/04 Berlin, GER – Uber Eats Music Hall 07/05 Cologne, GER – Palladium 07/06 Paris, FRA – Le Grande Rex 07/09 Barcelona, SPA – Razzmatazz 07/10 Madrid, SPA – Mad Cool 07/12 Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival 07/14 Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall 07/15 Bridlington, UK – Bridlington Spa 07/17 Wolverhampton, UK – The Civic @ The Halls 07/19 Manchester, UK – 02 Apollo 07/20 London, UK – Wembley OVO Arena

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Garbage Announces Headline UK and European Tour

Influential alternative rock band Garbage have today announced details of a headline UK and European tour for June and July 2024. The dates include a London gig at Wembley OVO Arena on 20 July, as well as shows in Edinburgh, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Bridlington Spa and European dates in Milan, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona.

The band are also playing previously announced festival dates at Mad Cool in Madrid and TRNSMT in Glasgow. Tickets for the new shows are on sale at 10am GMT on Friday 8 March, with a fan presale from Thursday 7 March at 10am local time. Visit https://myticket.co.uk/artists/garbage for further information.

Garbage recently announced details of an expanded reissue of their 2005 album Bleed Like Me, out on 5 April. Fully remastered for 2024, the expanded reissue includes 2CD, 1LP Silver vinyl, deluxe 2LP red vinyl and HD digital formats and features b-sides, rare tracks, remixes and alternate versions of tracks.

Bleed Like Me was a top 5 album chart hit in the UK, US, Australia and the European Billboard chart upon its initial release in April 2005. The album featured four singles, Why Do You Love Me which was a top 10 single in the UK, Bleed Like Me and Sex Is Not The Enemy which both went on to be regulars in the band’s live shows and Run Baby Run, which was accompanied by a Sophie Muller directed music video.

Alternative rock band Garbage consists of Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and drummer Butch Vig. They have been together for over 25 years, selling more than 20 million albums, since their debut in 1995. Their unique sound, songwriting and electric live performances have inspired worldwide attention, chart success and critical acclaim. They are considered one of the most influential bands of their generation. Their seventh and most recent album NO GODS NO MASTERS was released on BMG Records in 2021 to some of the best reviews of their career. They are currently at work on what will be their 8th studio album.

Garbage European Tour Dates – June & July 2024

26 June – Milan, Italy – Magnolia 27 June – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks 29 June – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 30 June – Luxembourg – Rockhal 2 July – Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof 4 July – Berlin, Germany – Uber Eats Music Hall 5 July – Cologne, Germany – Palladium 6 July – Paris, France – Le Grande Rex 9 July – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz 10 July – Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool * 12 July – Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival * 14 July – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall 15 July – Bridlington, UK – Bridlington Spa 17 July – Wolverhampton, UK – Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls 19 July – Manchester, UK – 02 Apollo 20 July – London, UK – Wembley OVO Arena

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GARBAGE announce a headline UK and European tour for June and July 2024

Influential alternative rock band Garbage has today announced details of a headline UK and European tour for June and July 2024. The dates include a London gig at Wembley OVO Arena on 20 July, shows in Edinburgh, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Bridlington Spa and European dates in Milan, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona.

The band are also playing previously announced festival dates at Mad Cool in Madrid and TRNSMT in Glasgow. Tickets for the new shows are on sale at 10 am GMT on Friday 8 March, with a fan presale from Thursday 7 March at 10 am local time. Visit here for further information.

Garbage recently announced details of an expanded reissue of their 2005 album Bleed Like Me , out on 5 April. Fully remastered for 2024, the expanded reissue includes 2CD, 1LP Silver vinyl, deluxe 2LP red vinyl and HD digital formats and features b-sides, rare tracks, remixes and alternate versions of tracks.

Bleed Like Me was a top 5 album chart hit in the UK, US, Australia and the European Billboard chart upon its initial release in April 2005. The album featured four singles, “Why Do You Love Me”, which was a top 10 single in the UK, “Bleed Like Me”, and “Sex Is Not The Enemy”, which both went on to be regulars in the band’s live shows and “Run Baby Run” which was accompanied by a Sophie Muller directed music video.

Alternative rock band Garbage consists of Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and drummer Butch Vig. They have been together for over 25 years, selling over 20 million albums since their debut in 1995. Their unique sound, songwriting and electric live performances have inspired worldwide attention, chart success and critical acclaim. They are considered one of the most influential bands of their generation. Their seventh and most recent album NO GODS NO MASTERS was released on BMG Records in 2021 to some of the best reviews of their career. They are currently at work on what will be their 8th studio album.

Garbage European Tour Dates – June & July 2024

26 June – Milan, Italy – Magnolia

27 June – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks

29 June – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013

30 June – Luxembourg – Rockhal

2 July – Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof

4 July – Berlin, Germany – Uber Eats Music Hall

5 July – Cologne, Germany – Palladium

6 July – Paris, France – Le Grande Rex

9 July – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz

10 July – Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool *

12 July – Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival *

14 July – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall

15 July – Bridlington, UK – Bridlington Spa

17 July – Wolverhampton, UK – Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls

19 July – Manchester, UK – 02 Apollo

20 July – London, UK – Wembley OVO Arena

*denotes previously announced show

• Duke Erikson
• Shirley Manson
• Steve Marker

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Garbage announce July 2024 UK tour

They play five headline shows

Scottish-American rockers Garbage have announced their first headline UK tour in five years.

Following their previously confirmed show at Glasgow’s TRNSMT Festival on Friday 12th July 2024, Garbage play their own headline concerts in Edinburgh, Bridlington, Wolverhampton and Manchester before concluding with a gargantuan gig at London Wembley OVO Arena on Saturday 20th July.

Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig also play mainland European dates earlier in the summer.

Tickets to Garbage’s quintet of headline shows go on sale from Planet Rock Tickets at 10am on Friday 8th March.

Garbage recently revealed details of an expanded reissue of their 2005 album ‘Bleed Like Me,’ which is released on Friday 5th April 2024.

Fully remastered for 2024, the expanded reissue includes 2CD, 1LP Silver vinyl, deluxe 2LP red vinyl and HD digital formats and features B-sides, rare tracks, remixes and alternate versions of tracks.

Garbage are currently hard at work on what will be their eighth studio album.

Since their inception in 1993, Garbage have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, and they’ve scored colossal hits including ‘Stupid Girl’, ‘Push It’, ‘I Think I’m Paranoid’, ‘Queer’, ‘Milk’, ‘Why Do You Love Me’, and James Bond theme ‘The World Is Not Enough’.

Garbage’s UK tour dates:

Glasgow TRNSMT Festival – Fri 12th

Edinburgh Usher Hall – Sun 14th

Bridlington Spa – Mon 15th

Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls – Wed 17th

Manchester O2 Apollo – Fri 19th

London Wembley OVO Arena – Sat 20th

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Garbage Readies For Summer 2024 UK And European Tour

Get ready for Garbage , the alt-rock pioneers, as they announce their headline tour across the UK and Europe this summer. The band, comprising frontwoman Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig, will take to the stage in June and July, including a stop at the Wembley OVO Arena on July 20. The European leg of the tour will kick off at Magnolia in Milan on June 26 and will be followed by shows in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and more. The tour announcement comes hot on the heels of Garbage revealing details of an expanded reissue of their 2005 album ‘Bleed Like Me’.

The UK shows will begin with a festival slot at Glasgow’s TRNSMT Festival on July 12 before hitting Edinburgh, Bridlington, Wolverhampton, Manchester, and London . Tickets for the tour will be available for purchase on Friday, March 8, following a fan pre-sale on Thursday, March 7. Don’t wait; get your tickets now!

The band shared on Instagram,

“So excited to announce that after 5 long years, we are finally returning to Europe this summer. Hope you will be able to join us,”

Garbage’s 2024 UK and European tour dates:

JUNE 26: Milan, Italy, Magnolia 27: Lausanne, Switzerland, Les Docks 29: Tilburg, Netherlands, 013 30: Luxembourg, Rockhal

JULY 2: Wiesbaden, Germany, Schlachthof 4: Berlin, Germany, Uber Eats Music Hall 5: Cologne, Germany, Palladium 6: Paris, France, Le Grande Rex 9: Barcelona, Spain, Razzmatazz 10: Madrid, Spain, Mad Cool 12: Glasgow, UK, TRNSMT Festival 14: Edinburgh, UK, Usher Hall 15: Bridlington, UK; Bridlington Spa 17: Wolverhampton, UK, Wolverhampton Civic at The Halls 19: Manchester, UK, 02 Apollo 20: London, UK, Wembley OVO Arena

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“The work ethic gifted to me by the Pumpkins helps me get prepared… I’m excited to be playing with these amazing, legendary musicians”: Ex-Smashing Pumpkins bassist Ginger Pooley will join Garbage on their upcoming tour

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Ginger Pooley is best known for being the bassist and backing vocalist of The Smashing Pumpkins between 2007 and 2010. However, she has toured around the world playing bass , with her post-Pumpkins career including stints with Gwen Stefani and Lea Michele.

While Pooley has had an illustrious career so far, she can now add Garbage to her already-hefty resume. In an exclusive interview with GuitarWorld.com, Pooley revealed she'll be joining Garbage for their European tour this summer.

She explains how the opportunity to flex her bass skills with Garbage came about: “Things are kind of winding down. My daughter is going into high school in the fall, and I feel like, in a way, I've graduated from a certain phase of life.”

“This came up recently, and I'll just share that I'm very excited. I'm working on learning the songs, and I'm really excited to go out on tour again.”

Ginger is no stranger to working under pressure. In the upcoming GuitarWorld.com interview, Ginger reveals how playing bass with The Smashing Pumpkins was “definitely a mental workout.” She continues, “It was not an easy gig, and I would never say it was. I'm proud of having been able to do that. Next to raising my daughter or giving birth, that gig is up there.”

On the flip side, she mentions how the work ethic cultivated by the Pumpkins has helped her prep for any last-minute scenarios and switch to work mode: “The work ethic gifted to me by the Pumpkins helps me get prepared,” she says. “I can hear it in my ear, like, 'Okay, time to get to work.'”

She also reveals that she's knuckling down and learning Garbage's catalog, which consists of a total of seven studio albums, with the latest – No God No Masters – released in 2021. And as for the gear she'll be touring Europe with this summer?

“I'm not totally sure yet. We're still working on all that. I'll probably bring my [Fender] P-Bass , and there's some drop D involved, so as far as the rig does, we're still in talks with what all that entails.”

Garbage's European tour kicks off in Milan, Italy, on 26 June, and ends with a celebratory rock extravaganza at London's Wembley OVO Arena on 20 July. This tour follows the April 5 release of the vinyl reissue of their 2005 album Bleed Like Me .

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European cities hope jet-setting Taylor Swift fans will splash the cash for Eras tour

The superstar arrives in Europe next month – and Swifties, tourist boards and venues are already preparing

T im Brown, 44, and his wife, Marcella, 34, may not consider themselves bona fide “Swifties”, but when it was announced last June that Taylor Swift would be visiting their corner of the globe this summer they could not resist joining the scramble for a pair of tickets.

A post-pandemic appetite for live music events has fuelled huge worldwide interest in the American singer-songwriter’s Eras tour, which surpassed in $1bn sales in November to become the highest-grossing series of concerts in history.

The pop culture event of the summer will arrive in Europe next month, kicking off in Paris on 9 May and wrapping up in London on 20 August with 49 dates in between in Sweden, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Austria, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

The unique nature of the tour’s ticketing system, which was tweaked after a number of hitches last year, means there will be a mass movement of travelling fans who will not only be Swiftie in affiliation but swift-like in their willingness to travel across the continent.

In expectation of intense demand, Ticketmaster introduced a pre-registration system that rewarded some early applicants with access codes to the ticket sale proper, via staggered windows for each city.

Notionally designed to prioritise genuine fans over “scalpers” – people who buy and resell tickets for a quick profit – the pre-sales system also meant many fans registered for tickets in multiple destinations across Europe to increase their chances.

Tim and Marcella, who live in Norwich, registered not just for the nearest concerts – in London and Liverpool – but also in Amsterdam and Lisbon. The pair got lucky with a pair of €91 tickets in the Portuguese capital and have turned the trip into a weekend break. “I used to live in Lisbon so I thought why not kill two birds with one stone,” Tim said. “We booked ourselves flights and four nights’ accommodation the same day.” They are far from alone.

Katie Soo, the chief business officer of DICE, a rival ticketing company, said: “The excitement and uncertainty inherent in the ticket-purchasing process might have inadvertently incentivised fans to apply for tickets in multiple cities, thereby increasing the likelihood of travelling across Europe to attend the concerts.”

Hotel prices

Several European cities have already reported a sharp rise in demand for hotel and short-term rental accommodation over the summer, when the Swift hurricane will arrive. In Edinburgh, Liverpool and Cardiff, rooms at the Travelodge chain around Swift’s June dates have been sold out since August 2023, a month after tickets for the shows went on sale.

In Paris, where fans anticipate Swift to debut an updated version of the Eras show with songs from the new Tortured Poets Department album, 80% of hotels and apartments listed on Booking.com are already full up. In Warsaw on 2 August, only 9% of hotels listed on the same site are still available.

Not all of the 18 cities covered by the Eras tour are obvious tourism destinations. From 17-19 July, Swift will play three concerts at the 65,000-capacity home ground of the football club Schalke 04 in Gelsenkirchen in Ruhr valley, western Germany. The city’s less-than-familiar name prompted one US chatshow host to quip that “the place might not even exist”.

Yet even in Germany’s rust belt the influx of Swift fans is temporarily transforming the hotel market: any two-bedroom apartments that remain available are going for €800-2,000 a night, with cheaper accommodation available only in surrounding cities that are just as off the usual tourist track as Gelsenkirchen, such as Essen, Bochum or Herne.

Cities with stricter rules on allowing Airbnb-style holiday lets and a more limited stock of short-term rental apartments are reporting a particularly marked increase in rates during Swift’s visit, with about 30% year-on-year spikes in rental rates in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Milan, according to AirDNA, a data analytics company specialising in the short-term rentals market.

Of all the tour’s European stops, Vienna is experiencing the most notable impact on its rental market, with booking rates for the nights of Swift’s concerts recorded in February 44% higher than at the same point the previous year. By the end of March the number of nights booked in the Austrian capital for the length of Swift’s stay in the second week of August had risen by 430% compared with the same period in 2023.

When Luke Tilden’s wife, Tatjana, suggested last summer that the couple buy their 13- and 15-year-old daughters, Lena and Maya, tickets to a Taylor Swift gig for Christmas, the 53-year-old Briton initially waved it off. “There’s no chance in hell we’d get a ticket without paying through our noses, I thought,” said Tilden, who works as an interpreter at the European parliament in Strasbourg.

But after pre-registering for tickets in London, Paris and Munich, the Tildens got unexpectedly lucky for four tickets in southern Germany and have turned the concert visit into a mini-holiday: “We’ll visit the in-laws in Bavaria, enjoy the countryside, do a bit of hiking.”

The hope in cities across Europe is that this will be replicated on a massive scale, with fans’ excitement translating into generous spending sprees on food, shopping and leisure. In Stockholm, for example, where authorities are expecting 159,000 visitors to arrive from 135 countries in mid-May, the chamber of commerce has forecast a spending boost of €50m. “We hope the whole town will buzz from the Eras tour,” said Tomas Andersson, a spokesperson for the Swedish capital’s tourism board.

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Whether fans will necessarily act like ordinary tourists, however, is up for debate. “Pop-culture tourists do not necessarily care about traditional buildings and authentic restaurants,” said Maria Lexhagen, a professor at the European Tourism Research Institute, Mid Sweden University.

“Joining up with other fan communities is stronger motivation, as is the idea that they might get closer to the stars themselves. Many of them will map out where Swift is spending her time in the city – they will seek out seemingly marginal but meaningful places like back alleys or coffee shops.” Venues may be hoping for a repeat of Sydney in February, when Swift swept into an unassuming Italian restaurant in the suburbs and sent its name into global media headlines.

In Stockholm the tourism board said it was expecting bookshops and secondhand clothes stores, rather than museums and royal palaces, to attract most of the arriving visitors. Some venues are being proactive: one restaurant within walking distance of the multipurpose Friends Arena in the Solna municipality is putting on a “Taylor Swift brunch experience” with a karaoke stage; the waterfront nightclub Debaser is hosting a pre-concert party on 16 May, an all-ages all-day party with a Swift-themed quiz on 19 May and an afterparty the day after.

Environment

As the Swift circus rolls across the continent, the transport infrastructure of urban centres will also be put to the test. Around the tour’s three-night stop in Dublin at the end of June, Irish Rail has announced additional late-night services to Cork and Limerick to meet an expected increase in demand. Extra tram and bus services are likely to be announced nearer the time.

Unlike rail operators, most airlines do not have capacity to charter additional flights. Due to yield management – airlines adjusting prices based on expected demand – a scramble for airborne journeys into cities that host the Eras tour is more likely to result in more expensive tickets rather than additional flights.

Officials at Lisbon airport said no additional flights had been chartered around Swift’s concerts on 24 and 25 May but that demand would probably be reflected in slightly higher load factors. A spokesperson for Amsterdam Schiphol said general aviation slots could be requested at short notice but nothing out of the ordinary had been logged so far.

Calculating the environmental impact of the tour with any certainty was difficult, experts said. “We can expect that some Swift fans will travel a long way to see one, if not several, shows across Europe”, said Stefan Gössling, a professor of tourism at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden. “But measuring the environmental impact of these trips is extremely difficult – it would involve a lot of guesswork.”

This did not mean the carbon footprint was negligible. “Every flight taken by a person adds to demand and hence influences supply considerations,” Gössling said. “The greater the demand, the more aircrafts are in service.”

The pop star’s carbon footprint is easier to estimate. Swift owns two jets by the French manufacturer Dassault, whose journeys are trackable. During the 2023 leg of the Eras tour, Swift’s planes spent 166 hours crisscrossing the US in about 75 individual journeys, though it is possible they were used by people other than the singer.

According to data available through the open-access aviation tracker ADS-B exchange, Swift’s jets caused carbon emissions of about 2,830 tonnes of CO 2 equivalent over the course of the US Eras tour – about 1,700 times the annual contribution of an average person.

A spokesperson for Swift told US media last year that in advance of the tour’s start in March 2023, the pop star bought more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. Carbon offset credits are tradable certificates that allow purchasers to compensate for emissions by investing in environmental projects that claim to reduce carbon emissions, though recent studies have questioned the efficacy of these schemes.

Additional reporting by Ajit Niranjan

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