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One of the \u201980s most successful bands will play three shows in Wales as part of a UK tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut number one album.<\/p>\n
Scottish pop giants Wet Wet Wet mark four decades since their debut album Popped In Souled Out with dates in Cardiff, Llandudno and Swansea next year.<\/p>\n
However, it will be without original frontman Marti Pellow, who has been replaced in the group by former Liberty X singer Kevin Simm.<\/p>\n
Released in 1987, Popped In Souled Out was the album that introduced Wet Wet Wet to not only a national audience, but a global one too. <\/p>\n
It reached No.1 on the UK Albums Chart and featured the hit singles Wishing I Was Lucky, Sweet Little Mystery, Angel Eyes and Temptation. The record went multi-platinum in the UK and established the band as one of the key British acts of the late 1980s, whilst breaking into the Billboard Charts in the USA.<\/p>\n
Founding member, Graeme Clark, said: \u201cWhen we made Popped In Souled Out, I was just a young guy. Forty years later, those songs have taken on a life of their own, and this tour is about celebrating where it all began without forgetting what followed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll feel like stepping back into those original PISO shoes \u2013 only now with a lifetime of experience and with an audience who\u2019ve been with us through every twist and turn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Across two extensive UK touring runs in February and October 2027, the band will perform songs from Popped In Souled Out alongside a catalogue of beloved hits spanning their remarkable career. The show will celebrate both where it all began, as well as what followed.<\/p>\n
Special guests on the 2027 Popped In Souled Out tour spread across selected dates will be Roachford, Nick Heyward, Rebecca Ferguson, Heather Small, Johnny Hates Jazz, The Christians and The South. <\/p>\n
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Wet Wet Wet tour dates<\/p>\n
Long-standing guitarist, Graeme Duffin, said: \u201cI\u2019d have been gobsmacked if anyone had told me 40 years ago that the tracks on Popped In Souled Out would still be loved by so many and that I\u2019d still be performing them with the band after all that time. <\/p>\n
\u201cThese shows are going to be a blast, and I know that fans are going to enjoy the shows just as much as us when we hit the road again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lead vocalist, Kevin Simm, added: \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be going back out on tour in 2027 and celebrating 40 years of Popped In Souled Out. It\u2019s an absolute honour and a privilege as always to sing these iconic and timeless songs, and to perform them in so many venues across the UK to so many fans of the band is really a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n
Popped In Souled Out UK Tour Dates<\/p>\n
07 Feb Watford Colosseum \u25a0
08 Feb Peterborough New Theatre +
09 Feb Ipswich Regent Theatre \u25a0
11 Feb Basingstoke Anvil \u25cf
12 Feb Poole Lighthouse \u25cf
13 Feb Aylesbury Waterside Theatre \u25cf
14 Feb Cardiff New Theatre +
15 Feb Coventry Warwick Arts Centre \u25cf
17 Feb Stoke Victoria Hall \u25cf
18 Feb Llandudno Venue Cymru Theatre +
19 Feb Carlisle Sands Centre \u25a0
20 Feb Hull Connexin Live \u25a0
21 Feb Halifax Victoria Theatre \u25a0
23 Feb Stockton The Globe +
24 Feb Dunfermline Alhambra Theatre \u2b21
25 Feb Dundee Caird Hall \u2b21
26 Feb Blackpool Opera House \u25b2
27 Feb Nottingham Royal Concert Hall \u25b204 Oct Leicester De Montfort Hall \u25cf
05 Oct Oxford New Theatre \u25b2
06 Oct Stevenage Gordon Craig Concert Hall \u25a0
08 Oct Swansea Building Society Arena \u25a0
09 Oct Bath The Forum \u25b2
10 Oct Truro Hall for Cornwall \u2b21
11 Oct Torquay Princess Theatre \u2b21
12 Oct London Palladium \u2605
14 Oct TO BE ANNOUNCED
15 Oct Birmingham Symphony Hall \u25b2
16 Oct Sheffield City Hall \u25b2
17 Oct Manchester Bridgewater Hall \u25b2
18 Oct Liverpool Philharmonic Hall \u2b21
20 Oct Aberdeen Music Hall \u25cf
21 Oct Glasgow Royal Concert Hall \u25cf
22 Oct Glasgow Royal Concert Hall \u272a
23 Oct Edinburgh Usher Hall \u272a
24 Oct Gateshead Glasshouse \u272a
26 Oct York Barbican \u2b21
27 Oct Southend Cliffs Pavilion \u25b2
28 Oct Eastbourne Congress Theatre \u25cf
29 Oct Portsmouth Guildhall \u25cfRoachford \u25cf<\/p>\n
Nick Heyward \u25a0
Rebecca Ferguson \u25b2
Heather Small \u2605
Johnny Hates Jazz \u272a
The Christians \u2b21
The South +Tickets go on sale Friday 17 April at 10am \u2013 click here<\/p>\n
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