Benefits respond to fan suggestions with price cap and curfew for upcoming UK tour

nme.com:

Benefits have responded to fan suggestions and implemented both a price cap and a curfew for their upcoming tour of the UK.The Teesside duo shared details of a new tour across the UK yesterday (November 13) – alongside the announcement that they had teamed up with Pete Doherty for single ‘Relentless’ and are planning to release new album ‘Constant Noise’.Commencing on April 22, the tour is comprised of 11 shows across the country, and launches with a gig at the Hebden Bridge Trades Club, before making stops in Hull, Nottingham, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and more.

A slot at the Lexington venue in London is also scheduled for April 25.Tickets go on sale at 10am tomorrow (November 15), and will be available here.Now, the band have taken to X/Twitter to confirm that they will be making the shows more accessible for fans by implementing both a price cap at £12 per ticket and enforcing a 10pm curfew.You might remember us asking what could be made to improve gigs in this age of spiralling costs + venues closing.

We got loads of suggestions and took them onboard. So for our tour in 2025, all tickets are £12, all shows are two band bills, and all music will be over by 10PM… pic.twitter.com/j7zKWbrkKK— Benefits (@Benefitstheband) November 13, 2024Explaining their reasons for the decision, the band wrote: “You might remember us asking what could be made to improve gigs in this age of spiralling costs + venues closing.

We got loads of suggestions and took them onboard. So for our tour in 2025, all tickets are £12, all shows are two band bills, and all music will be over by 10pm…”“We pushed the ticket price down as much as we could to make it more affordable.