Catfish & The Bottlemen: Last News

Catfish & The Bottlemen have added an extra date to their 2024 UK tour – you can find all the details below.The Van McCann-fronted band returned with the single ‘Showtime’ last week, marking their first new music in five years. It’ll feature on Catfish’s yet-to-be-announced fourth album, which will follow 2019’s ‘The Balance’.C&TB also confirmed that they’d be playing a headline show at Cardiff Castle on July 19, and Edinburgh Summer Sessions on August 24 in addition to their bill-topping sets at Reading & Leeds 2024.Now, the group has added another date in Cardiff on July 20 due to “phenomenal demand”.

Catfish & The Bottlemen have shared their comeback single ‘Showtime’ and have announced new UK headlining dates.‘Showtime’ marks Van McCann and co’s first new music in five years, following their last full-length effort, 2019’s ‘The Balance‘. Written and recorded by McCann alongside multi-Grammy-winning producer Dave Sardy (Oasis, LCD Soundsystem, The Rolling Stones), the track sees the frontman sing about their return to music.“Get on this/ Sometimes when the thing you love is right in front of your eyes / Don’t blink or you’ll miss/ Showtime/ Before you know it’s going gone and that’s life,” sings McCann in the chorus of the anthemic track along a booming medley of percussion and jangly guitars.

Catfish & The Bottlemen have announced a 7-inch vinyl and new merch for their forthcoming single ‘Showtime’.The band took to their official Instagram account to share a carousel of photos which include a black tile that read: “Back to the graft again” – the first line of their forthcoming single – along with a photo of a black t-shirt with the quote on it as well as a white 7″ vinyl pressing of their new single ‘Showtime’ which is set for release on February 22.Vann McCann and co. teased their first new music in five years this past weekend (February 17) by posting a six-second snippet on their social media channels.A post shared by Catfish and the Bottlemen (@catfishandthebottlemen)The taster featured McCann singing the lines, “Back to the graft again, just sold my voice for a long weekend”, over a chugging guitar line.

Catfish & the Bottlemen appear to be teasing a tour announcement.The band tweeted a black-and-white image of a sheet of paper reading ‘5:00pm, DOORS, 6:00pm, SHOWTIME’, suggesting more live shows are on the way.Meanwhile, fans who had signed up to their mailing list received an email simply reading “Thursday February 22”, indicating that is the day they will have more information about the band’s plans.https://t.co/th8WujxtGy pic.twitter.com/uhzDQE4wGF— Catfish&theBottlemen (@thebottlemen) February 12, 2024The band have not played a show together since 2021, following their headline slots at Reading & Leeds and a pair of outdoor gigs at Singleton Park in Swansea and Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington. By that time, rumours of them splitting up had already been swirling.They have already been booked to headline Reading and Leeds this year, where they will be performing on the Friday at Leeds and the Sunday at Reading.