Gomez UK Tour (Jul 2019) Music News by Editor - April 16, 2019April 16, 20190 Manchester O2 Ritz announced, Fri 26 July 2019 Ahead of their July 2019 UK tour, Southport-quartet Gomez announce their headline show at Manchester’s O2 Ritz, Fri 26 July 2019. After last year’s sold-out 20th anniversary tour, the group return to the stage in support of the forthcoming re-issue of their critically-acclaimed second album Liquid Skin. Gomez are a five-piece, multi-platinum selling British act consisting of Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock, and Ian Ball. Their debut release, Bring It On, was released to massive critical acclaim earning the band the lauded Mercury Prize in 1998 for Album of the Year besting Massive Attack and The Verve, among others. The band have built audiences internationally, especially in the US and Australia. In the States, in particular, Gomez have continued to grow, with their two most recent albums, A New Tide (2009) and Whatever’s on Your Mind (2011), becoming the highest-charting records of their career. Gomez head to Manchester’s O2 Ritz, as part of their July 2019 tour. Tickets go onsale Fri 01 March, 10:00am http://gigst.rs/Gomez and *ticketmaster.co.uk JULY 2019 LIVE DATES SUN 21 JULY O2 SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE, LONDON* TUE 23 JULY THE LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD WED 24 JULY O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW* FRI 26 JULY O2 RITZ, MANCHESTER*