THE SCRIPT ANNOUNCE UK & IRELAND TOUR & SCORE THEIR FOURTH UK #1 ALBUM
What a week it’s been for Irish three-piece The Script. Their new album Freedom Child has topped the UK Official Albums Chart, seeing off competition from LCD Soundsystem and OMD. The #1 sees The Script score their fourth UK #1 album. Freedom Child also topped the iTunes chart in their native Ireland, as well as a further 13 countries. They also entered the Top 10 on iTunes in 47 markets around the globe. The band have said of their Number 1 album win, “You guys may never understand how happy we are to have achieved our 4th number 1 album. You see, we've worked so hard on it and ultimately the fans decided whether it's a strong album or not. We're so so lucky and are humbled by it.”
To coincide with the Freedom Child celebrations, The Script today announce their 2018 UK & Ireland Arena tour, kicking off in Leeds on 2nd February. The Irish three-piece will play thirteen dates including two in their hometown at Dublin’s 3Arena and wrap the run at London’s O2 Arena. Tickets go on general sale at 9.30am on Friday 15th September from www.gigsandtours.com
Full dates:
Friday 2 February Leeds First Direct Arena
Saturday 3 February Manchester Arena
Monday 12 February Liverpool Echo Arena
Tuesday 13 February Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
Thursday 15 February Birmingham Genting Arena
Friday 16 February Glasgow The SSE Hydro
Saturday 17 February Aberdeen BHGE Arena
Monday 19 February Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Tuesday 20 February Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Friday 23 February London The O2
Freedom Child sees the band presenting a collection of urgent, timely, future-facing anthems that speak of both real-life events and real-time sonic adventurism. The album was recorded between London and Los Angeles and for the first time, the band chose to work with some outside writers and producers including Toby Gad and Nasri Atweh. The follow up to 2014’s No Sound Without Silence can be purchased/streamed from http://smarturl.it/FreedomChild.
The first single from Freedom Child, Rain, was immediately added to playlists up and down the country and stormed straight into the Top 10 on iTunes - where it still sits! Rain is picking up a phenomenal amount of support around the world - it has been playlisted by Radio 1, Radio 2, Capital and many more and is currently the 3rd most played song on national radio. It’s also been added to over 300 playlists on Spotify and the video has already been viewed almost 10 million times (see it here).
The Script are one of the world’s most successful bands and have sold over 29 million records. The Irish three-piece have scored x3 multi-platinum albums, all of which were #1 in the UK. The Script have also picked up a huge following in the USA where they have x4 platinum selling singles under their belt. The Script are also one of the biggest live bands, having sold over 1.4 million tickets across 203 headline shows and they sold out the legendary Croke Park stadium in their hometown in a matter of minutes.
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