Runrig have announced UK tour to coincide with the release of their 14th and final studio album.
The Scottish Celtic rock outfit issue 11-track effort The Story on January 29 and hit the road in February for a 16-date trek across the UK, starting in Aberdeen on February 10.
After celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2013, the band decided to record one final album. Bassist Rory McDonald says: “This is the band’s last studio recording, a hugely significant milestone for us all and one that we really want to celebrate.”
Producer and multi-instrumentalist Brian Hurren adds: “One of the highlights of the album was being able to go to Prague to record the 32-piece Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. It was an incredible experience and it really helped to bring out the emotion in the songs.”
Percussionist Calum MacDonald says: “There are many stories on the album but none more so than that of the band itself. It’s fair to say that a number of the songs have a definite reflective quality.”
RUNRIG THE STORY UK TOUR 2016
Feb 10: Aberdeen Music Hall
Feb 11: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Feb 12: Dundee Caird Hall
Feb 13: Edinburgh Usher Hall
Feb 16: Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Feb 17: Gateshead The Sage
Feb 18: Birmingham Symphony Hall
Feb 19: Portsmouth Guildhall
Feb 20: Ipswich Regent Theatre
Feb 23: Manchester O2 Apollo
Feb 24: Bristol Colston Hall
Feb 25: Sheffield City Hall
Feb 26: London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Feb 27: Cambridge Corn Exchange
Jul 16: Hebridean Celtic Festival
Jul 23: Edinburgh Castle
RUNRIG THE STORY TRACKLIST
- The Story
- Onar
- Rise And Fall
- Elegy
- Every Beating Heart
- The Years We Shared
- When The Beauty
- 18th July
- An-Duigh Ghabh Mi Cuairt
- The Place Where The River Runs
- Somewhere
