The Saw Doctors bring 21st anniversary tour to Manchester Apollo

Dec 10 2009 Chester Chronicle

THE Saw Doctors have embarked on an nine date UK tour this December to coincide with the release of The Best of The Saw Doctors.

This year, The Saw Doctors celebrate 21 years on the road as a working band.

Back in 1988, Mike Scott of The Waterboys discovered The Saw Doctors in the back bar of The Quays Pub in Galway and promptly invited the Tuam lads to tour with The Waterboys on their Fisherman’s Blues jaunt around Ireland and the UK.

Last October, The Saw Doctors reached Number One in the Irish Music Charts with their rocked up version of the Sugababes song, About You Now – it was the first time in 17 years they reached Number One in Ireland.

The new Best Of collection includes the band’s four Irish Number Ones – I Useta Lover, Hay Wrap, N17 and About You Now, as well as their three UK Top 30 hits –World of Good, To Win Just Once, and Small Bit of Love.

This summer, they played major festivals such as Cambridge Folk Festival, Oxegen in Ireland and the Cape Cod Melody Tent Festival in Massachusetts.Š

The Saw Doctors are at the Manchester Apollo on Friday. Ring 0844 477 7677.