Falcon

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Goodwyn, Tom (7 September 2011). "The Courteeners to release new live DVD 'Live at Manchester MEN Arena' ". NME. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022 . Retrieved 4 April 2022. Wilkinson, Matt (9 November 2009). "The Courteeners announce intimate warm up gig for Manchester Central show". NME. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022 . Retrieved 1 April 2022. Following cuts from Falcon such as Take Over The World and Sycophant and a pitch perfect acoustic section where Fray and his crowd truly became one, it was time for the big guns.

a b c d e f g Gill, Jamie (21 April 2008). "The Courteeners - St Jude". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008 . Retrieved 24 March 2022. The Courteeners at Brixton Academy, London". The Guardian. 21 March 2010 . Retrieved 26 November 2017.

a b "The Courteeners announce UK tour". NME. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 . Retrieved 24 March 2022. Courteeners and The 1975 confirmed for Leeds Festival 2016". Manchester Evening News. 4 December 2015 . Retrieved 4 December 2015. Paul, Nicola (17 February 2010). "The Courteeners - Falcon". The List. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021 . Retrieved 1 April 2022. a b Marszalek, Julian (1 March 2010). "The Courteeners - Falcon". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010 . Retrieved 1 April 2022.

Courteeners make UK chart history with first number one album - 15 years after release". Manchester Evening News. 20 January 2023 . Retrieved 13 February 2023. Courteeners announce live EP details". NME. 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 . Retrieved 24 March 2022. Emily Eavis on who could headline Glastonbury in the future". NME. 7 April 2017 . Retrieved 7 April 2017. Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 29 June 2008 - 05 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018 . Retrieved 23 January 2020.At first Fray studied business studies at university, however soon realised it was a lot harder than he thought and not what he wanted to do. Therefore, he chose to study creative writing as he enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, but not reading. While at the University of Salford (studying creative writing), Fray started performing acoustic sets as a singer-songwriter around bars and at open-mic nights in Manchester. After getting positive reactions from the crowd, Fray decided to leave university and form a band. He recruited long-time friend and neighbour Michael Campbell, who had never played the drums before. They played as 'Liam Fray' until Moores and Cuppello joined the band. [3]

During their slot at T in the Park on 8 July 2016, Liam Fray mentioned that they had "finished recording their newest album", hinting its upcoming release. [37] On 23 June 2012, the band played a free show in Manchester's Albert Square in the shadow of the town hall. The gig was to celebrate the Olympic torch coming to Manchester for the London 2012 Olympics. The band played their first-ever show in Istanbul, Turkey on 16 November 2012. On 7 December 2012 the band played a sold-out show at the 16,000-capacity Manchester Arena. Singer-songwriter Liam Fray had been played acoustic shows around his hometown of Middleton, Greater Manchester for sometime prior to forming the Courteeners in 2006 with his childhood friends Daniel Moores on bass, Mark Cupello on bass and Michael Campbell on drums. [1] They self-released an EP, titled Ltd E.P., which consisted of early versions of "Kings of the New Road", "How Come", "Slow Down" and "Fallowfield Hillbilly". [2] The band signed a recording contract with Loog Records, which was owned by Polydor Records, to release their debut single "Cavorting" and its B-side "No You Didn't, No You Don't" in August 2007. [1] [3]

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Their third album Anna, recorded with Hurts producer Joe Cross, was released on 4 February 2013. It preceded by the release of the first single, "Lose Control" in December 2012 [18] when the band introduced themselves as "Courteeners", dropping "The" from their name. On 6 February 2013 it was announced that Anna was Number 1 in the Official midweek UK Chart by the Official UK Charts Company. [19] Sales slipped as the week progressed, and the album charted at Number 6. a b "irishcharts.com - Discography The Courteeners". Irish-charts. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022 . Retrieved 2 April 2022. Newer material was sparse but Small Bones and How Good It Was made sure the evening didn't descend into a trip down memory lane. The Courteeners Announce Christmas Single Winter Wonderland". RadioX. 10 November 2015 . Retrieved 19 November 2015.

On 25 June 2017 Courteeners played at the Glastonbury Festival on The Other Stage. It was their sixth appearance at the festival in 10 years since their debut in 2007. They also performed at the Sziget, Benicassim and NOS Alive festivals.Hodgson, Jaime (22 February 2010). "Album review: The Courteeners - 'Falcon' (Polydor)". NME. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010 . Retrieved 1 April 2022. December 2008 saw the band crowned inaugural winners of the Guardian's First British Album Award beating off strong competition from Glasvegas, Duffy, Adele and Noah and the Whale. The award was voted for by members of the public and the Guardian journalists. St. Jude clinched a mammoth 53% of the public vote. [12] Some of the proceeds of 'Not Nineteen Forever' went to the Manchester United Foundation, raising funds for "Francis House Children's Hospice" and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. [58] a b Trendell, Andrew (12 December 2017). " 'We've not been exterminated yet' – Liam Fray tells us about The Courteeners' 'St Jude' 10th anniversary tour and re-release". NME. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020 . Retrieved 23 April 2022.