by Andrew Trendell | Photos by Lucy Bridger
Mogwai announce special 20th anniversary shows - tickets
Post-rock icons to play London and Glasgow residency
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Mogwai have announced details of special shows in London and Glasgow to celebrate their 20 years together as a band.
The Gigwise favourites and bona fide post-rock heroes, will be celebrating their 20th anniversary with what we can only assume will be a string of career-spanning audio-visual spectaculars.
Announcing the news, the band simply said: "2015 marks 20 years of Mogwai. To celebrate, we are pleased to announce two, two-night residencies."
Mogwai's special 20th anniversary tour dates are below. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 30 June. For tickets and information, visit here.
JUNE
20 // Barrowlands, Glasgow
21 // Barrowlands, Glasgow
24 // Roundhouse, London
25 // Roundhouse, London
Mogwai at Pitchfork Paris. Photo: Gigwise/Lucy Bridger
Speaking to Gigwise last year, the band said that nostalgia was often a hard thing to wrestle with.
"I like it in some ways," admitted Stuart Braithwaite. "I really enjoyed going to see The Stooges play Fun House and Raw Power, but it can be a little bit odd - especially when people get more excited about something really old. That's something about maybe the culture of Youtube and things existing as if they're current, when they're not. I think its hard to get exited about new music when you make a really big deal about old music."
Barry Burns continued: "I wish we'd done it."
"Aye," said Stuart. "If we'd split up 10 years ago, just think about the money we'd be getting!"