Good Charlotte have announced that they will return to the UK in 2017 with dates in November and December.
The Good Charlotte UK dates are:
Nov 27: Southampton Guildhall
Nov 28: Nottingham Rock City
Nov 30: Glasgow Barrowlands
Dec 1: Birmingham o2 Academy
Dec 2: Manchester Academy
Dec 3: London Brixton Academy
Tickets go on sale on 16 June at 9am.
GC are currently on a European tour but are not playing any individual UK dates, instead playing Download Festival.
Good Charlotte’s UK tour is, sadly, now over but all the fans can agree that they put on a fantastic run of shows and it was like they’d never been away. (And I was luckily enough to bump into Billy and Paul before the show).
But what did the reviewers think? Here’s a round-up:
The Scotsman is pretty harsh and says they’re more akin to Busted than Green Day (not something I’d agree with, but anyway) but does add that the Madden brothers’ ‘hearts seem to be in the right place’
‘Live, however, they were impossible to dislike’, says the Telegraph (even if they were slightly scathing about the music…)
‘Still on Good form after all these years’, says the Sunday Mail
Punktastic say ‘it’s always great when you can just tell that a band are having just as much fun up there as the crowd are’.
(Plus, bonus photo gallery)
Kerrang say ‘they have a renewed lease of life’ and gives them 4 stars/Ks.
Original Rock say ‘they definitely have not lost their touch live’.
Mosh say ‘they still manage to have everything perfect to a T’ (even if they forget to mention Paul and Dean)
‘Good Charlotte manage to maintain the energy and the noise levels throughout an excellently planned-out set’ says Dead Press.
And the bloggers?
‘LOUD’, says Mel’s Jukebox while ‘this show was epic’, is Tumblr blogger’s soundsdandnoises conclusion. ‘Charisma, talent and down-to-earth attitudes; the band had it all’ adds West Midlands-based Native Monster.
Six years since their last album release, Good Charlotte’s Youth Authority is now out!
It’s available on iTunes and Apple Music now (with bonus track Rise), is set to be on Spotify from next week and is also available from HMV on CD and vinyl with two bonus tracks – We’ll Let It All Out and Life Is Hard.
Hopefully they’ll play some of the new tracks live for us on their UK tour next month.
Welcome Back GC!
Good Charlotte have confirmed a run of UK tour dates this August around their Reading and Leeds shows.
GC will be playing Glasgow’s O2 Academy on August 24, Manchester’s O2 Ritz on August 25 and Birmingham’s O2 Institute 1 on August 27.
Tickets will be on sale on Friday morning.
Thee dates are around their Reading and Leeds appearances. They’re be headlining The Lock-Up Stage on Friday August 26 at Leeds and Sunday August 28 at Reading.
**Update – a London show has also been added. They’ll play the O2 Forum in Kentish Town on August 22.
After Good Charlotte revealed earlier this week that they’ll be playing at Reading and Leeds this year, it’s now been confirmed by the festival organisers which stage they’ll be playing on.
Good Charlotte will headline The Pit on the Friday at Leeds and the Sunday at Reading.
GC last played at Reading and Leeds in 2003 when they had a mid-afternoon slot on the main stage.
Good Charlotte have (accidentally) revealed that they’ll be playing at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals.
In a live Q&A video chat for MTV on Facebook (which you can see on MTV’s Facebook page), the band said they’ll be returning to the UK for festivals this year – but weren’t actually meant to reveal that!
Joel:”We will be back in the UK in August.”
Benji: “Back for Reading and Leeds and a few…”
Joel: “Has this been announced?”
Billy: “I don’t think so.”
Benji: “Oh gosh.”
Joel: “Well, that sucks.”
Benji: “Don’t tell anyone!”
Billy: “But we’re live so can’t go back…we’re waiting for the announcement.”
Reading and Leeds take place August bank holiday weekend.
The band last played at Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2003.
The tracklisting has been revealed for Good Charlotte’s new album Youth Authority.
The tracklist for Youth Authority has been posted on iTunes in Australia where it’s available for pre-order (UK fans can pre-order from the GC webshop). Here it is:
1. Life Changes
2. Makeshift Love
3. 40 oz. Dream
4. Life Can’t Get Much Better
5. Keep Swingin’ (feat. Kellin Quinn)
6. Reason to Stay (feat. Simon Neil)
7. Stray Dogs
8. Stick to Your Guns (Interlude)
9. The Outfield
10. Cars Full of People
11. War
12. Moving On
13. Rise (Bonus Track)
Interesting to note that two of the tracks share names with existing Good Charlotte songs (‘War’ from ‘Greatest Remixes’ and ‘Moving On’/’Movin’ On’ from ‘The Young and The Hopeless’) and that they’re continuing to include interludes on their albums.
The album, the name of which was released last week, will be released on July 15 2016.
Good Charlotte have confirmed the release date for album six.
The as-yet untitled album will be released on July 15 2016.
The release date was announced in a video on Apple Music. It was at the end of the video screened before GC took to the stage on their UK dates earlier this year.
So does this mean it’ll be an AppleMusic exclusive first? It’s worth noting that Apple Music are currently offering the first three months for free, if (like me!) you plan on buying the physical copy!
Good Charlotte’s upcoming sixth album will include a track which is a collaboration with the frontman of Scottish group Biffy Clyro, Joel has revealed.
Speaking to a radio station in Philadelphia, Joel confirmed that vocalist and guitarist Simon Neil has worked on a track with GC for new release. Another track features Kellin Quinn from Sleeping with Sirens.
Joel said doing a song with Neil was “incredible” and added that he’s always been a fan of the Scottish trio.
But these aren’t the only guest stars on the record – Joel’s son Sparrow also features on one song.
“The first song on the record is called ‘Life Changes’. I actually got my son, who’s six years old, to do some stuff on it so that song’s obviously pretty special to me,” Joel added.
Aww!
Good Charlotte are to release a new single on April 4 ahead of a mini-US tour and the album release this summer.
Good Charlotte have released pre-order packages for their as-yet untitled sixth album and revealed the release date for their next single.
Pre-order packages including t-shirts and the record on vinyl are now on sale in Good Charlotte’s official store. Shipping costs to the UK range from $14.70 (£10.38) for delivery 8-24 business days after the release to $61.83 (£43.66) for delivery 4-5 business dates after the release.
Their single will be released on April 4, according to Entertainment Weekly, ahead of the release of the album this summer.
It comes as the band announce a short run of US tour dates playing in Philadelphia, Washington DC, New York and Boston. Those pre-ordering the album can get priority access to tickets for the US dates.
The last new Good Charlotte song was Makeshift Love, released in November. They teased new music last week by tweeting a clip of the video they showed on their UK tour last month.
On their UK dates earlier this year, Good Charlotte said they’ll be back in the UK later this year.
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