Concert News

The Establishment Football Stadium Tour

• 9th Apr 2013

As this season draws to an end, Nottingham based band The Establishment are about to embark on the UK ‘s first ever ‘football stadium’ tour, kicking off in Blackburn on March 29. The live dates will see the band visit all four English Divisions, from Premier League to League Two, delivering live music to football fans on matchdays. This groundbreaking tour is the first of its kind and places The Establishment firmly on the front foot as they set out plans to release their debut album this summer.

FOOTBALL STADIUM TOUR 2013

29th March – Blackburn Rovers FC The Blues Bar
30th March – Everton FC Fanzone
1st April – Notts County FC Meadow Lane Sports Bar
6th April – Colchester United FC Fanzone
13th April – Wycombe Wanderers FC Vere Suite
20th April – Doncaster Rovers Stadium Shows
27th April – Middlesborough FC Hardwick Bar
4th May – Derby County FC Supporters Bar

The Establishment comprise of guitarist John Burns, who spent 10 years as a professional footballer with Nottingham Forest and Bristol City and was also capped many times up to Under 21s level for the Republic Of Ireland, alongside drummer Steven Landon, vocalist Stephen ‘Hobbo’ Hobster, bass guitarist Neil Jacks and guitarist Stuart Landon. They have recently joined forces with Dion Dublin who snapped the band up after a tip off from BBC commentator Darren Fletcher, who himself has been a fan of them for a long time.

Since Dion took his first step into management with the band, the project has gone from strength to strength, securing tour dates with Status Quo, Ocean Colour Scene, Cast and performances on radio alongside acts such as Badly Drawn Boy, Annie Mac, Starsailor and The Futureheads, as well as festival appearances at Latitude, Reading and Leeds. It was while touring with Ocean Colour Scene that the band managed to capture the services of OCS and Paul Weller guitarist Steve Cradock into co-producing and performing on their debut album alongside renowned producer Matt Terry (The Enemy, One Night Only, The Noisettes).

New Single ‘Jennifer Jones’ is released releases April 29th on CDE Music. The band’s debut album follows in June 2013.

To date the band have enjoyed support from Capital FM, BBC Radio 5 Live (606 & Colin Murray’s Fighting Talk), talkSPORT and TV appearances on BBC Question of Sport, Sky Sports, ESPN.

The Establishment recently recorded a new video featuring England legends Stuart Pearce, Des Walker , Teddy Sheringham, Les Ferdinand and well known soap star Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow in Coronation Street ).