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Mayday Parade Announce UK Tour
Mayday Parade will return to the U.K. this October for a 2-week headlining tour. The dates kick off October 2 in Oxford and will take the band through London, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Glasgow and more.
Mayday Parade is currently in the midst of a world tour, including a stop at the Slam Dunk Festival this weekend, in support of their hugely successful self-titled album.
The album debuted in the U.S. at #12 on Billboard’s Top 200 marked a career high chart position as well as career high sales numbers. The album also reached #5 on iTunes’ Album Chart on release day. The achievement is significant, as it marks a 30% increase in sales from their last career high, 2009’s Anywhere But Here (Atlantic). Critics are in agreement, with Alternative Press awarding the album 3.5 out of 4 stars, while MTV’s Buzzworthy Blog praises their “more holistic approach to songwriting,” and Absolute Punk loves their “solid pop-rock with massive hooks.”
Mayday Parade first burst onto the scene with their 2007 debut A Lesson in Romantics which received immense praise from critics and fans alike. AbsolutePunk claimed it was sure to become “one of your most played [albums] of the summer.” It went on to sell more than 170,000 copies and reached the Top Ten on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Mayday Parade is vocalist/piano Derek Sanders, bassist Jeremy Lenzo, guitarists Alex Garcia and Brooks Betts and drummer/vocalist Jake Bundrick.
MAYDAY PARADE U.K. TOUR DATES
October 2 Oxford, UK O2 Academy 2
October 3 Stoke, UK Sugarmill
October 4 London, UK Electric Ballroom
October 5 Kingston, UK The Peel
October 6 Manchester, UK Academy 2
October 7 Glasgow, UK Garage
October 8 Leeds, UK Cockpit
October 9 Liverpool, UK O2 Academy 2
October 10 Birmingham, UK HMV Library
October 11 Norwich, UK Waterfront
October 12 Bournemouth, UK Old Fire Station
October 13 Cardiff, UK Great Hall 2