US shows

The Ray tour continues with US shows confirmed for November & December:

NOVEMBER
17 – Mickey's Black Box, Lititz, PA
18 – Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, ON
19 – Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
20 – The Castle Theatre, Bloomington, IL
21 – The Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
23 – Pub Station, Billings, MT
25 – Showbox, Seattle, WA
26 – Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
28 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
29 – Harlow’s, Sacramento, CA

DECEMBER
1 – House of Blues, San Diego, CA
2 – Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
3 – House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
4 – The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
5 – Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
7 – Madrid Theatre, Kansas City, MO
9 – First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
10 – Metro, Chicago, IL
11 – St Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
12 – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
14 – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
15 – (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
16 – White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ
17 – Paradise, Boston, MA

UK and Ireland live shows

The long teased tour dates have finally been announced:

Sep 22 - Opium, Dublin
Sep 23 - Cyprus Avenue, Cork
Sep 24 - Róisín Dubh, Galway
Sep 25 - Limelight 2, Belfast
Sep 27 - o2 Institute, Birmingham
Sep 28 - o2 Academy, Bristol
Sep 30 - Roundhouse, London
Oct 1 - Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Oct 2 - Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Oct 3 - QMU, Glasgow
Oct 5 - Welly, Hull
Oct 6 - Stylus, Leeds
Oct 7 - Rock City, Nottingham Rock City
Oct 8 - o2 Ritz, Manchester
Oct 10 - Chalk, Brighton
Oct 11 - Epic, Norwich
Oct 12 - 1865, Southampton

Ray 30th anniversary reissue

Fire Records have announced an upcoming release to celebrate the 30th anniversary of It’s A Shame About Ray…

“This special collector’s 30th Anniversary edition release will feature essential & unreleased extras: b-sides, demos, covers & KCRW 1992 session track with unseen photos and new liner notes.

Available on deluxe limited edition double LP & bookback CD.”

Due March 2022 and available for pre-order now.