For those of us who have loved the Levellers over the years, the success of their recent anniversary celebrations have been a confirmation of what we always knew – The Levellers are a fantastic band. As fans we have grown and developed with the members of the group, watching them mutate from the naive young band who released ‘a weapon called the word’ through the joyous agit-pop of ‘levelling the land’ to the more mature, but no less aware ‘green blade rising’. Those who chose to ignore the band (the N.M.E who are now sycophantically jumping on the bandwagon in the hope that people will forget their cruel and ignorant jibes over the years) did so at their peril. Therefore it is with great pleasure we can reproduce the following statement from the band announcing that their forthcoming UK tour has had to be expanded to accomodate the huge demand for tickets:
Due to huge demand for tickets, 5 dates have been added to Levelling The Land live tour.
The new venues are: Dublin Academy, Liverpool O2 Academy, Cambridge Corn Exchange,
Lincoln Engine Shed, and Bournemouth O2 Academy.
Tickets for these dates go on sale Tues 16th November. The Wonder Stuff support on all dates except Dublin.
The era-defining album Levelling The Land performed in its entirety for the very first time, followed by an extended encore of live favourites from the Levellers extensive back catalogue.
Anarchists; Sell-Outs; Hippies; Folkies; Punks; Fashionable; Unfashionable; Squatters; Travellers; Crusties; Musical Geniuses; F–kin’ Terrible; A Great British Institution…
…Levellers have been called a lot conflicting of things over their 23-year history. However, the closest thing to a consensus surrounding the seminal British folk-punk band is that their platinum-selling 1991 album Levelling The Land is an absolute classic. In one fell swoop it propelled a group of disenfranchised misfits from playing pubs in Brighton to headlining Glastonbury Festival, and in the process becoming ‘The most popular band in Britain’ (NME).
During the summer of 1991 Levelling The Land redefined the UK’s musical landscape. Counter-culture became culture, the disenfranchised found a voice, and not a single pub, club, campfire or festival anywhere in Europe failed to reverberate with the refrains of this iconic album. Levellers provided the soundtrack for a society fed up with the twin evils of Thatcherite politics, and the post-80’s, pre-grunge musical wasteland.
Then as now, Levellers may have been hated, but they were also adored. More importantly, this album caused a reaction in everyone who heard it. Musically and lyrically it absolutely forbade ambivalence. It is exactly this quality which explains that why, 2 decades later, when all but the era’s very best music has faded from memory, each and every track has stood the test of time.
Levellers present ‘Levelling The Land Live’
Special guests on all dates (except Dublin) The Wonder Stuff
March 2011
Tickets on sale Tuesday 16th November:
Thu 03 DUBLIN Academy 00353 1 4858010
Fri 04 LIVERPOOL o2 Academy 0844 477 2000
Sat 05 CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange 01223 357 851
Sun 06 LINCOLN Engine Shed 0844 888 8766
Tues 08 BOURNEMOUTH o2 Academy 0844 477 2000
Tickets on sale now:
Wednesday 9 BRISTOL O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
Thursday 10 LEEDS O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
Friday 11 GLASGOW Barrowland 0844 499 9990
Saturday 12 NOTTINGHAM Rock City 0845 413 4444
Sunday 13 NEWCASTLE O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
Tuesday 15 SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall 023 8063 2601
Wednesday 16 NORWICH UEA 01603 508 050
Thursday 17 BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy 0844 477 2000
Friday 18 MANCHESTER Academy 0161 832 1111
Saturday 19 LONDON O2 Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000
Buy online at www.gigsandtours.com | 24HR CC HOTLINE – 0844 811 0051 | www.levellers.co.uk
I'm a self-confessed musical nut with an eclectic taste ranging from lo-fi indie to crushing heavy metal. I also make a blizzard of noise in my band Final Coil (recently seen deafening audiences in the midlands area). I also like cheese. Cheese is possibly the single greatest food (if one excludes bacon). Sometimes I write songs about cheese... but not often 
