Blossoms have been joined by Courteeners’ Liam Fray at their Manchester Apollo present on Friday night time (December 9) – see footage under.
The band performed the penultimate date of their big UK and Ireland tour on the venue, and Fray joined them in the course of the encore for 2 Courteeners favourites.
Blossoms’ fourth studio album, ‘Ribbon Around 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.
During the Apollo present, Fray joined the band on stage for renditions of ‘Please Don’t’ and ‘Not Nineteen Forever’. They lined the previous collectively throughout lockdown.
Watch footage of the performances under. Blossoms end their tour with a 3rd Apollo gig tonight (December 10).
今日のO2Apollo公演はThe Courteenersのリアム出てきて大盛り上がり
Please don’t – The Courteeners
そういえばロックダウン中にカバーしてたね。 pic.twitter.com/Vd7ZH7Symg— Blossoms Japan (@blossomsbandJPN) December 10, 2022
Blossoms bringing on Liam Fray singing Not Nineteen Forever and Please Don’t, died and got here again to life pic.twitter.com/1mItYXD3qA
— Mais (@maisie_beddow) December 9, 2022
Blossoms performed:
‘At Most A Kiss’
‘Honey Sweet’
‘Oh No (I Think I’m In Love)’
‘The Keeper’
‘Blown Rose’
‘Ode To NYC’
‘The Sulking Poet’
‘Care For’
‘I Can’t Stand It’
‘If You Think This Is Real Life’
‘How Long Will This Last?’
‘Getaway’
‘Your Girlfriend’
‘Big Word’
‘My Swimming Brain’
‘My Favourite Room’
‘Please Don’t’ (with Liam Fray)
‘Not Nineteen Forever’ (with Liam Fray)
‘There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)’
‘Charlemagne’
At the London date of their tour final week, Blossoms teamed up with Mel C, Rick Astley and Miles Kane.
The band carried out successful packed set on the O2 Brixton Academy, which additionally noticed Mel C be part of them for Spice Girls cowl ‘Spice Up Your Life’ whereas Astley performed Smiths hits ‘This Charming Man’ and ‘There Is A Light That Never 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 season, whereas Astley toured with the band performing Smiths covers final 12 months.
The exhibits earned reward from Morrissey whereas his former bandmate Johnny Marr appeared much less impressed when the gigs have been first introduced.
Marr later advised NME that the problem had been “dealt with”, including of his grievances: “There was an M.O. there that just wasn’t very cool.”