Scissor Sisters announce return for 20th anniversary UK and Ireland arena tour
The band’s first live shows in 12 years will see them without singer Ana Matronic
Scissor Sisters have announced their first live shows in over a decade – they will play a 20th anniversary UK and Ireland arena tour next year.
The band will play 10 shows across the British Isles next May, marking two decades of their self-titled debut album.
Speaking of the tour, frontman Jake Shears said: “It’s the 20th anniversary of our debut album, so it really feels like the right time to revisit all the intense excitement of that moment. I think the impetus for this reunion was really a YouTube screening of Scissor Sisters: Live at The O2 that happened during lockdown. I don’t think I’d seen that show since it was filmed in 2007, but we were all kind of surprised by how great it was. And chatting with fans during the screening really brought back what a special moment it was for all of us.”
The band – Shears, multi-instrumentalist Babydaddy and guitarist Del Marquis – will not be joined by singer Ana Matronic for the shows, who “has other projects she is focusing on right now”.
Marquis said: “We’ve spent a lot of time collectively thinking about what we can add to our show that isn’t a ‘replacement’ for Ana in any way. She’s part of the spirit of this band and we want to honour that.”
Shears said touring as a three-piece is a “fun challenge,” adding: “The way I see it is this. If it’s gonna be different, why not make it an interesting kind of different?”
Pre-sale tickets for the tour will be available from 9am GMT on Wednesday, November 6, with a general sale at the same time on Friday, November 9. Buy your tickets here and see the full list of dates below.
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16 – Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
17 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
19 – Bournemouth, International Centre
20 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena
21 – Manchester, Co-op Live
23 – London, The O2
24 – Leeds, First Direct Arena
25 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
27 – Belfast, SSE Arena
28 – Dublin, 3Arena
Speaking of the tour, Babydaddy said: “There’s something really special about us being a gay band, a queer band, who really pushed into the mainstream with that album. We want to revisit that because there weren’t as many queer acts breaking through in that way 20 years ago. We do acknowledge that we did something pretty unique back then just by putting ourselves out there as queer people. We put queer culture in the mainstream at a time when there wasn’t much of it there.”
Marquis added: “There will always be a little bit of anarchy and chaos in our live shows. That’s the magic ingredient of the Scissor Sisters, and we’re definitely going to bring that ‘anything can happen’ energy back again. This time I want to be really present on stage and celebrate how lucky we are to have achieved what we achieved. I don’t think I was mature enough to deal with everything the first time around because it happened so fast.”