The Wombats to play Echo Arena

Apr 21 2008 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

THE Wombats have announced they will be playing their biggest headline show to date at the Echo Arena Liverpool on Saturday, November 22.

The Wombats will be one of the first indie bands to play the 10,000 capacity venue, amidst a sea of more established pop acts like Duran Duran and Elton John.

The show will be the Liverpool outfit’s last UK performance in 2008 and in keeping with true Wombats style it is set to be a mammoth homecoming party to thank all the fans for what has been a truly amazing year.

Tickets for the Echo Arena show will go on sale at 9am on Friday, April 25.

The announcement of the show follows on from an extremely hectic year of live dates for The Wombats, starting with their forthcoming sold-out UK tour in April-May as well a packed-out festival season which sees them co-headlining the NME/Radio 1 stage at the Carling Weekender, playing the Other Stage at Glastonbury and playing T In The Park, Isle of Wight and Oxegen.

Meanwhile in Europe they will play at no fewer than 17 festivals, including Ibiza Rocks and Pukkelpop – not forgetting a quick trip to Japan to play Summer Sonic and Australia for Splendour.

The Wombats are Matthew Murphy (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, vocals) and Dan Haggis (drums, vocals).

To book tickets log on to www.accliverpool.com or call the Echo Arena Box Office on 0844 8000 400.

Tickets are priced at £18.50 and are subject to a handling/booking fee.